#Moscow: Kyiv targeted #Zaporizhia with 20 shells within a day #ukrain

While attention turns to the report that the International Atomic Energy Agency will present to the Security Council on Zaporizhia, later on Tuesday, Moscow accused the Ukrainian forces of targeting the nuclear plant in southern Ukraine, with 20 missiles within 24 hours.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Ukraine fired 20 artillery shells at the town of Enerhodar and the area around the station during the past 24 hours.

It also added in its daily military statement, that three shells fell on the territory of the nuclear power plant, one of which exploded near the power unit No. 2.

However, it confirmed that radiation levels at the site remained normal, according to Reuters.
Another reactor chapter

And the United Nations agency, whose team of inspectors visited the huge nuclear complex last week in order to prepare a report on its safety and security, explained on Monday that the last reactor still operating at the plant was deliberately disconnected from the power line, in order to put out a fire - which caught Apparently as a result of the bombing - noting at the same time that he was "not damaged".

But she warned of the need to reconnect the line as soon as possible.

During the past months and weeks, Moscow and Kiev exchanged accusations of bombing the plant, which is considered the largest nuclear power facility in Europe as a whole.
mutual bombing

The mutual bombing between the two sides in the vicinity of this sensitive site prompted the international community to warn of a major nuclear disaster if the situation in that region was not controlled.

It is noteworthy that Zaporizhia, since early March, has been under the control of Russian forces, while some Ukrainian employees continue to operate it.


The plant, which is located on the southern bank of a huge reservoir on the Dnipro River, which separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in the central south of the country, supplies Ukraine with more than 20% of its electricity needs.