UN chief urges demilitarized zone around Ukraine nuclear power plant

LONDON, 12 August 2022, (TON): UN chief Antonio Guterres called for military activity around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex to end as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for a renewed shelling ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on the situation.

Russia seized Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in March after invading Ukraine on Feb. 24.

The plant is still run by its Ukrainian technicians and Ukraine’s Energoatom said “the area was struck five times, including near the site where radioactive materials are stored.”

Guterres urged the withdrawal of military personnel and equipment and for no more forces or equipment to be deployed.

He called for Russia and Ukraine not to target the facilities or surrounding area.

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