“Powerful explosions” were reported around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine on Saturday and Sunday, ending a “period of relative calm” there and raising new concerns of possible accidents, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin framed the Western position on Ukraine as one of “moral clarity” in a fiery speech and painted a dark picture of what a world in which Russia triumphed would look like — stressing that nuclear proliferation could become a reality., “Putin’s war of choice shows the whole world the dangers of disorder.” The U.S. official called out North Korea and Iran, accusing the nations of supporting Russia’s assault on Ukraine.1.
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said those responsible for the strikes in Zaporizhzhia are “playing with fire.”“what appeared to be renewed shelling” near and at the nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, which is operated by Ukrainian workers but under the control of Russian forces. Site employees reported “damage to some buildings, systems and equipment” to the IAEA — though, as of Sunday morning, nothing that was “critical for nuclear safety and security,” it said in a statement.
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