The UN's nuclear watchdog has called for an immediate end to military action near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, warning of the 'very real risk of a nuclear disaster.'
As tensions between Ukraine and Russia grow over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the facility could be shut down if Ukrainian forces continue targeting it and named three countries in danger from radioactive fallout in the event of an incident at the plant.
The Zaporizhzhia plant, in southeastern Ukraine on a bank of the Dnieper River, has been the target of several military strikes since the end of July and both Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other's forces of shelling the facility. Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022 to prepare for a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia's Defense Ministry has warned that the impact of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would be felt in Germany, Poland and Slovakia.
It's not clear how the tensions over Zaporizhzhia could be de-escalated, as both Ukraine and Russia accuse the other of risking a nuclear catastrophe.called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from the nuclear power plant.
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