The UN has warned of the “suicidal” danger of fighting around Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant after Ukraine and Russia accused each other of bombing the site over the weekend, raising fears of ‘a radioactive disaster.
António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, called for international inspectors to have access to the Zaporizhzhya plant in Enerhodar, central Ukraine, which was seized by Russian troops in early March.
“Any attack [on] a nuclear power plant is a suicidal thing,” Guterres said in Japan, where he attended a ceremony at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on Saturday to mark the 77th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing.
Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said staff at the site were