U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shelling of Europe's largest atomic plant at the weekend
The United Nations chief called for U.N. nuclear inspectors to be given access to the plant as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for the shelling in a southern region seized by Russian invaders in March and now targeted by Kyiv for a counter-offensive.
Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency , accused Russia of trying to cause blackouts along Ukraine's electricity grid in the south by targeting the plant. He called for a U.N.-led international mission to the plant by the end of this month. The Russian defence ministry said Ukrainian attacks had damaged high-voltage power lines servicing the Soviet-era plant and forced it to reduce output by two of its six reactors to "prevent disruption".A Russian-installed official in the Zaporizhzhia region said earlier that the facility was operating normally.
Ukraine's Kotin flagged the danger of shells hitting spent containers of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel as especially dire. If two or more containers were broken, "it is impossible to assess the scale of this catastrophe".A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022.
The July 22 grain export pact brokered by Turkey and the United Nations represents a rare diplomatic triumph as fighting churns on in Ukraine and aims to help ease soaring global food prices arising from the war. Russia says it is waging a "special military operation" in Ukraine to rid it of nationalists and protect Russian-speaking communities. Ukraine and the West describe Russia's actions as an unprovoked imperial-style war to reassert control over a pro-Western neighbour lost when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Nuclear plant disaster in Ukraine is ‘real risk,’ IAEA saysRussian shells landed near spent nuclear fuel stored at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
Consulte Mais informação »
Ukraine power plant shelled again, Zelenskyy rails at Russian 'nuclear terror'Ukraine said on Sunday that renewed Russian shelling had damaged three radiation sensors and hurt a worker at the Zaporizhzhia power plant.
Consulte Mais informação »
Ukraine accuses Russia of renewing nuclear power plant shellingUkraine accuses Russia of again shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and calls for new international sanctions on Moscow for 'nuclear terror.'
Consulte Mais informação »
Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Nuclear Terror’ Amid Fighting Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear PlantThe UN’s nuclear energy watchdog has warned attacks near the site—which Russia and Ukraine have blamed on each other—could pose “the very real risk of a nuclear disaster.”
Consulte Mais informação »
Fears for nuclear safety after shelling at Ukrainian power plantMoscow and Kyiv on Friday accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in early March.
Consulte Mais informação »
Shift in War's Front Seen as Grain Leaves Ukraine; Plant HitSix more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine have received authorization to leave the country’s Black Sea ports.
Consulte Mais informação »