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UN nuclear disaster alert after Ukraine power plant struck again

UN nuclear disaster alert after Ukraine power plant struck again

More shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reported, as Ukraine and Russia again blame each other for the attack.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that fighting could "lead to catastrophe" at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, seized by Russia in early March, the BBC reports .

Ukraine warned that Russia could provoke the worst nuclear accident in the world.

On Wednesday, foreign ministers from the G7 group of industrialized nations said Russia should immediately return control of the plant to Kiev.

Meanwhile, the US called for the creation of a demilitarized zone around the plant. "Fighting near a nuclear power plant is dangerous and irresponsible," a State Department spokesman said.

The facility and its surrounding area in east-central Ukraine saw shelling last week, with Russia and Ukraine also accusing each other of that attack.

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