UN Inspectors Moving To Nuclear Plant In War Zone

August 31, 2022 4:16 am

KYIV (AP) – A convoy of jeeps currying U.N. nuclear inspectors is crossing Ukraine toward the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant. It holds hope that it could help secure the safety of the facility in the middle of a war zone and avoid any nuclear catastrophe. Yet, the Russia-backed local authorities in Zaporizhzhia claimed that Ukrainian forces shelled the territory of the plant and the nearby town of Enerhodar overnight. Both sides have accused each other of bombing the wider area for weeks now, increasing fears that an áaccident or radiation leak could happen any day.