On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alleged that Russia had intentionally launched an attack cutting power to the decommissioned Chornobyl nuclear power station, warning that the move was aimed at creating a risk of nuclear incidents.

Zelenskyy also said Moscow was doing nothing to fix the cutoff of external power to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, now in its eighth day, and was taking advantage of the “weak” position of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, Rafael Grossi.

Ukraine’s energy ministry said earlier that Russian attacks had cut power to the Chornobyl station, including a containment unit erected to minimise contamination from the world’s biggest nuclear accident in 1986. Energy officials said strikes a

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