Russia renewed its accusation to Ukraine of bombing the vicinity of the Zaporozhye nuclear plant, while the International Atomic Energy Agency announced sending a mission to the station within days.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian forces bombed the vicinity of the Zaporozhye plant 7 times, and the Russian State Duma said that the Ukrainian artillery shelling of the station threatens its infrastructure and violates its nuclear integrity.
In their first contact, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told his French counterpart Sebastien Licornu that targeting the station by Ukrainian forces could disrupt its safe operation.
On the other hand, the newspaper "Telegraph" quoted the British Ministry of Defense that Russian tanks are now 60 meters from the fifth reactor at the Zaporozhye nuclear plant.
In another matter, Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that the last regular line providing electricity to the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was back in operation after being cut off earlier on Thursday.
"Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that the Zaporizhia (the largest nuclear power plant in Europe) was disconnected at least twice from the power line during the day before it was connected to it again," the United Nations agency said in a statement, adding that it was not yet available information about the cause. direct power outage.
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In a related development, the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Raphael Grossi, told French media that the agency's mission will go to the Zaporozhye plant within days, noting that the risks of a nuclear accident at the station are real.
Grossi added that things had reached a point where a nuclear accident could not be risked, in addition to the tragedy of war.
French President Emmanuel Macron had discussed in Paris with Grossi the situation at the Ukrainian nuclear plant Zaporozhye.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian authorities announced that 25 people were killed in a Russian missile attack on the Chaplin railway station in the Dnipro region (eastern Ukraine).
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the bombing of what it said were Ukrainian army reserves at the Chaplin railway station.