Grossi said that there is an "urgent need for measures to help prevent a nuclear accident."
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued a dire warning about the potential threat of new shelling at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
Citing information provided by the plant management, the IAEA team said there had been damage to some buildings, systems, and equipment at the ZNPP site, but none so far were critical for nuclear safety and security. There were no reports of casualties.
Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the IAEA said: "Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately. As I have said many times before, you're playing with fire!"
Grossi said that there is an "urgent need for measures to help prevent a nuclear accident there."
The Director General has been pushing for a nuclear safety and security zone around the power plant, said: "I'm not giving up until this zone has become a reality. As the ongoin apparent shelling demonstrates, it is needed more than ever."
Speaking on November 4, Zelenskyy said: "Tonight, about 4.5 million consumers have been temporarily disconnected from energy consumption."
"The very fact that Russia is resorting to energy terrorism shows the weakness of our enemy. They cannot b at Ukraine on the battlefield, so they try to break our people this way."
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