China News Agency, Beijing, August 8. Comprehensive news: Russia and Ukraine on the 7th accused each other of shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said on the 8th that the attack on the nuclear power plant was suicide. and called for it to stop.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the evening of the 7th that if Russia organizes a referendum in the "Russian-occupied zone", it will no longer have the opportunity to conduct any negotiations with Ukraine or its international allies.

　UN calls for end to attack on Zaporozhye nuclear power plant

　　According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said on the 8th that the attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was a suicide and called for an end to the behavior.

　　The media quoted the government of Enier Godar in Zaporozhye State as saying that the Ukrainian army used the "Hurricane" multiple rocket launcher to launch a 220mm rocket at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on the evening of the 6th, and used it again in the early morning of the 7th. The MLRS bombed the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, with debris and rocket engines falling less than 400 meters from the plant's existing units.

　　However, according to the Ukrainian State News Agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech on the evening of the 7th that it was the Russian army who attacked the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. There needs to be a principled response now."

　　Zelensky said on social media on the same day that he had spoken to European Council President Michel about the attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and he called on the international community to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear industry and nuclear fuel.

　　According to Al Jazeera reported on the 8th, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grossi, said he was shocked by the damage report sent from the scene.

He issued an urgent request to allow a team of IAEA experts to visit the plant to assess the extent of damage and protect the plant.

　　"I am extremely concerned about the shelling of Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which underscores the real risks of a nuclear catastrophe, with the potential for public health and environmental safety in Ukraine and elsewhere," Grossi said in a statement. being threatened".

He called the move a military action that endangered the safety and security of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is completely unacceptable and must be avoided at all costs.

Zelensky warns Russia not to organize referendum

　　According to the Ukrainian state news agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the evening of the 7th that all those who helped Russia organize a referendum in southern Ukraine will be punished. allies in any negotiations.

　　"Our country's position remains the same. We will not give up everything that belongs to us," Zelensky said.

　　According to a report by the Tass news agency on the 8th, Ukraine has lost control of more than 70% of the territory of the Zaporozhye region.

Local authorities have said they want to join the Russian Federation and will organize a referendum on the matter in September.

　　According to Reuters, the Russian armed forces now have large territories in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and the southern region, and officials in both regions have raised the possibility of holding a referendum to join the Russian Federation.

Turkey: Two more grain ships will depart from Ukrainian ports

　　According to Reuters, the Turkish Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 8th saying that two more ships carrying corn and soybeans will depart from Ukraine's Black Sea port on the same day.

　　The "Sacura" from Pivdenny, Ukraine, will carry 11,000 tons of soybeans to Italy, while the "Arizona" from Chernomorsk will carry over 48,000 tons of corn to Iraq in southern Turkey, the statement said. Skenderun.

　　The statement also said that the four ships that left Ukraine on the 7th are expected to berth near Istanbul on the evening of the 8th and undergo inspections on the 9th.

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