Fears about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe's largest nuclear power plant persist as both sides traded blame for nearby shelling.
abc.net.au/news/ukraine-russia-trade-more-blame-on-threats-to-nuclear-plant/101380246Fears about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe's largest nuclear power plant have persisted as both sides trade blame for nearby shelling.The Ukrainian and Russian governments have repeatedly accused the other of shelling the complexUkraine said Russian forces fired on areas just across the river from the plant and Russia claimed Ukrainian shells hit a building where nuclear fuel is stored.
Russian forces occupied the nuclear plant complex early in the six-month-old war, but local Ukrainian workers have kept it running. The Ukrainian and Russian governments have repeatedly accused the other of shelling the complex and nearby areas, raising fears of a possible catastrophe.
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