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Watchdog growingly worried over Ukrainian nuclear plant security
Updated On: 08 May, 2023 03:23 PM IST | Kyiv | Agencies
Civilians from 18 settlements in the area were asked to evacuate on Sunday
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Russian forces fired more than 30 shells at Nikopol, a Ukrainian-held town neighboring the plant, on Sunday. Pic/AP
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog expressed growing anxiety about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after the governor of the Russia-occupied area ordered the evacuation of a town where most plant staff live amid ongoing attacks in the area.
The plant is near the front lines of fighting, and Ukrainian authorities on Sunday said that a 72-year-old woman was killed and three others were wounded when Russian forces fired more than 30 shells at Nikopol, a Ukrainian-held town neighboring the plant.
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