/ 08 August 2022

Nuclear plant hit in Ukraine

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

There are grave concerns about a nuclear disaster in Ukraine after the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the country’s southeast. The area has been under Russian control since March, but the plant is staffed by Ukrainians. The facility is near the front lines of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, and they have blamed one another for the attack. Shelling on Friday didn’t damage any of Zaporizhzhia’s 6 reactors or see the release of radioactive material into the environment, but there was other damage to the plant. And more rockets hit the facility yesterday. The United Nations’ nuclear chief Rafael Grossi called the situation “completely unacceptable”, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for Russia to be designated a “state sponsor of terrorism” for creating the nuclear threat. Russia says its protection of the plant means the damage wasn’t more extensive.

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