opposing Russian and Ukrainian forces, with the occupying Russian forces using the plant to store their heavy weapons.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said earlier this week that the Russians were using the plant as a military base to launch attacks on Ukrainian forces.READ MORE: 'Suicidal' Russian troops disturb radioactive dust in Chernobyl 'red forest'The Russian military have turned the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant into a “nuclear shield,” reports Ukrainian news site Euromaidan Press.At a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York, IAEA boss Rafael Grossi said: "The situation is very fragile.
Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated one way or the other and we cannot allow that to continue.”He expressed concern that, while Ukrainian workers were still being allowed to administer the day-to-day running of the plant, “patchy” communications were making it impossible to assess safety conditions there.Mr Grossi says the IAEA urgently needs to check on conditions at Zaporizhzhia, The Independent reports.
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