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World must pressure Ukraine over nuke plant: the Kremlin

An International Atomic Energy Agency team is en route the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; both Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling it

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Passers-by near a building destroyed following an overnight missile strike in Kharkiv Monday. Pic/AFP

Passers-by near a building destroyed following an overnight missile strike in Kharkiv Monday. Pic/AFP

The Kremlin called on the international community on Monday to put pressure on Ukraine to reduce military tension at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, accusing Kyiv of endangering Europe ahead of a visit to the facility by the U.N. nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said earlier on Monday that it would inspect the plant this week and that an IAEA team was en route the facility, which has become the focus of international concern with both Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of imperilling its safety. 

The facility, Europe’s largest, is manned by Ukrainian staff and connected to Ukraine’s power grid. Russian forces took control of it in early March as part of what Moscow calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukraine have denied shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant in recent weeks, while each accusing the other of doing so. 

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