China News Service, August 10th. According to a comprehensive report, on the 9th local time, a source from the Russian Permanent Representative Office to the United Nations said that Russia has asked the Security Council to hold a meeting to discuss the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant issue.

　　The source said, "Russia has asked the Security Council to meet on the afternoon of August 11 to discuss Ukraine's recent attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and issues that may lead to catastrophic consequences." Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Poliansky confirmed this news.

　　Russia has asked IAEA Director General Grossi to attend the meeting as a spokesman, TASS news agency reported.

　　The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and one of the largest in Europe.

In March 2022, the nuclear power plant was controlled by the Russian military.

　　In recent days, Russia and Ukraine have continued to accuse each other of attacking the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

　　The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Ukraine fired artillery shells at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant area on the 5th.

Subsequently, the Ukrainian State Nuclear Power Company posted on social media on the 7th that the Russian army attacked the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the city of Ener Godar, where the nuclear power plant is located, causing damage to the radiation monitoring equipment of the nuclear power plant.

　　Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, expressed concern on the 6th that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was shelled, saying that military actions that endanger the safety of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are "completely unacceptable and must be prevented at all costs" .

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on the 8th that the attack on the nuclear power plant was an "act of suicide" and called for an end to the act.

　　White House press secretary Karina Jean-Pierre called on Russia to put the nuclear power plant under Ukrainian control.