Threat of ‘Major Nuclear Accident’ as Drones Hit Europe’s Biggest Power Plant

The U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine was targeted by drone attacks on Sunday, with the agency demanding an end to the strikes which dramatically increased the risk of a nuclear accident taking place.

Russia, which has occupied the plant since March 2022, blamed the attacks on Ukraine—an allegation which Kyiv has denied. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has a team stationed at the plant, said the incident was the first such assault on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant since November 2022.

In a statement Sunday, Rosatom—Russia’s state nuclear corporation—said the plant had been “subjected to an unprecedented series of drone attacks” and called on the IAEA and European leaders to “immediately respond.”

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