KYIV: Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations on Saturday (Aug 27) of shelling around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been a focus of international concern that fighting in the area could trigger a disaster. Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear power plant,
KYIV: Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations on Saturday of shelling around the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been a focus of international concern that fighting in the area could trigger a disaster.
Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom energy agency said Russian troops again shelled the grounds of the plant complex in the last 24 hours.Moscow's defence ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the plant complex three times in the last 24 hours."A total of 17 shells were fired, four of which hit the roof of Special Building No 1, where 168 assemblies of US WestingHouse nuclear fuel are stored," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.
Energoatom said on Friday evening that both of the plant's two functioning reactors had been reconnected to the grid and were again supplying electricity after they were fully disconnected on Thursday.