Ukraine, Russia Trade Blame On Shelling At Nuclear Power Plant As Fighting Rages In Donetsk

“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia must take responsibility for an ‘act of terror’ after Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for strikes at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in Ukraine. ‘Today, the occupiers have created another extremely risky situation for all of Europe: they struck the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant twice. Any bombing of this site is a shameless crime, an act of terror,’ Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. ... The world's response should be harsh sanctions against the entire Russian nuclear industry from Rosatom to all related companies and individuals, he added. Ukraine's Energoatom state nuclear power company said earlier that a high-voltage power line at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant had been hit by Russian shelling. ...”

A soldier with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar on August 4.



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