The head of the UN atomic watchdog warns such attacks 'significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident'.
A drone attack hit a nuclear reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, officials say. The UN's atomic watchdog agency confirmed the 'physical impact of drone attacks' on one of the six nuclear reactors at the site on Sunday. The 'serious incident' had the 'potential to undermine integrity of the reactor's containment system', the International Atomic Energy Agency said, adding that one casualty was reported.
'Ukraine is not involved in any kind of armed provocations on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant illegally occupied by Russia,' Andriy Yusov, a spokesperson for Ukraine's main directorate of intelligence, said. 'Russian strikes, including imitation ones, on the territory of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant....have long been a wellknown criminal practice of the invaders.
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