They accused Moscow’s military of putting the entire area in danger. Last week, the plant and its surrounding region were shelled, which Russia and Ukraine blamed on one other.
Ukraine claims that Russia has repurposed the location into a military base, from which it launches strikes knowing that Ukraine forces are unlikely to counterattack.
The biggest facility in Europe has been under Russian possession since early March, yet Ukrainian personnel continues to run it.
The CEO of Ukraine’s nuclear power operator, Enerhoatom, Petro Kotin, told the BBC earlier this week that roughly 500 Russian soldiers were stationed at the plant, using it as a nuclear shield.
Kotin stated that the threat was serious, but that the facility was secure.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force headquarters, a dozen Russian airplanes may have been destroyed in Tuesday blasts at an airport in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Ukraine has denied any involvement in the explosions, while Russia’s defense ministry has stated that munitions detonated at the site.
According to the Ukrainian military, an artillery strike earlier this week made a bridge in the seized section of the Kherson Region inoperable.
Ukraine has launched an attack in the area. Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who publicly condemned Russia’s invasion on live television.
Ministers from the G7, an organization of the world’s wealthiest nations, expressed grave worry about the nuclear plant’s significant threat to safety.
Their warning echoed statements by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, which called for a stop to “all military activities that endanger nuclear security.” Analysts believe that the chances of Russia paying attention are exceedingly unlikely at best.
The G7 also stated that Russia’s actions harmed the IAEA’s ability to oversee the safety of Ukraine’s nuclear activity.
Russia, for its part, has accused Ukraine of putting “artificial obstacles and difficulties” in the way of an IAEA visit to the nuclear power plant.
Russia has urged that the UN Security Council meet immediately to address the situation at the power facility.Â
The meeting will take place in New York on Thursday. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials report that overnight Russian bombardment in central Ukraine killed at least 16 people.
Thirteen of the fatalities were from the Dnipropetrovsk area, two from the Donetsk region, and one from Zaporizhzhya.
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