MOSCOW —
Kyiv and Moscow on Sunday traded
accusations of shelling on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power
plant that Russia controls in southern Ukraine.
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The UN atomic watchdog that has a team of experts at
the plant — the biggest nuclear facility in Europe — said “powerful explosions”
had occurred on Saturday and Sunday.
Kyiv “does not stop its provocations aiming at
creating the threat of a manmade catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power
plant”, the Russian army said in a statement on Sunday.
Despite the shelling, radiation levels “remain
normal”, the army added.
It said missiles exploded around a power line that
feeds the plant, the fourth and fifth power units and “special building number
2”.
Renat Karchaa, an advisor to the Russian nuclear
agency Rosatom, told state-run agency TASS that the “special building”
contained nuclear fuel.
Ukrainian nuclear energy agency Energoatom said
shortly after that Russia was behind the explosions.
“This morning on November 20, 2022, as a result of
numerous Russian shelling, at least 12 hits were recorded on the territory of
the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” Energoatom said.
It accused Russia of “once again ... putting the
whole world at risk”.
“The news ... is extremely disturbing. Explosions
occurred at the site of this major nuclear power plant, which is completely
unacceptable,” UN atomic watchdog chief
Rafael Grossi said in a statement.
He added that the damage to buildings, systems and
equipment recorded so far was not “critical”.
The explosions were “abruptly ending a period of
relative calm at the facility and further underlining the urgent need for
measures to help prevent a nuclear accident there”, the statement read.
Moscow and Kyiv have traded blame for months over
shelling near the Russian-held facility, sparking fears of a nuclear disaster
and spurring calls to demilitarize areas around atomic facilities in Ukraine.
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