Shells hit near nuclear plant, blackouts roll across Ukraine amid Russian bombardment

KYIV, 21 November 2022, (TON): Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the global nuclear watchdog said, calling for urgent measures to help prevent a nuclear accident in the Russian-occupied facility.

A heavy barrage of Russian military strikes almost 400 alone also hit Ukraine’s eastern regions, and fierce ground battles shook the eastern Donetsk province, Ukraine’s president said in his evening update.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said multiple explosions near the plant and again abruptly ended a period of relative calm around the nuclear facility that has been the site of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces since Russia invaded on Feb. 24.

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