Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned Russia not to use Europe's largest nuclear plant as a shield for its forces amid growing concern that fighting could lead to a potentially catastrophic radiation leak.
— Rafael MarianoGrossi D'Agata and his team saw for themselves the damage inflicted on towns around Zaporizhzhia, where Russian forces have been pummeling residential neighborhoods with nightly bombardments, killing civilians in what local officials call a campaign of terror.
The riverfront towns of Marhenets and Nikopol are bearing the brunt of the Russian assaults. At the shortest point, it's only about three miles across the Dnipro River from the towns to the sprawling nuclear complex. Ludymila Siskina, 74, whose house was badly damaged and whose husband was killed in Russian missile strikes, is seen after the strikes in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, August 11, 2022.Nikopol Deputy Mayor Natalia Horbolit and her town are among those caught in the middle.CBS News visited one apartment complex just a few days after a Russian missile slammed into it during the nightly bombardment.
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