Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling the plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in early March.
Ukrainian officials and international experts have been warning for months of the risk that fighting poses to a sprawling nuclear power plant on the banks of Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Earlier this week, the global nuclear watchdog said the situation was becoming increasingly perilous.
Then, on Friday, explosions rang out at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex, the biggest of its kind in Europe, reigniting fears of a potential disaster.Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling the plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in early March, along with the town of Enerhodar, where the complex is located.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Moscow for the attack, calling the strikes a"brazen crime" and an"act of terror.
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