The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv accused the Russian troops who attacked the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, Ukraine, of committing “a war crime.”
A Russian projectile hit the plant in the southeastern part of the country early Friday morning, igniting a localized fire that resulted in widespread concern of a possible second coming of the Chernobyl disaster, though those fears have not come to fruition yet. Two people were injured in the conflict.
A spokesperson for the State Department reiterated the White House's stance that it's too early to make such a declaration. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces now control the facility, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, while International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mario Grossi said in a statement that the plant continues to be operated by its regular staff and there had been no release of radioactive material.
A U.S. senior defense official told reporters Friday that they hadn't seen any evidence of"radioactive leakage." The official could not refute that Russians had overtaken the facility, but could not speak to the possible continuation of operation there.
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