Zelenskiy urges world to force Russia from nuclear site after accident

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ByTom Balmforth

 and Max Hunder https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-nuclear-plant-escapes-meltdown-zelenskiy-says-moscow-kyiv-trade-blame-2022-08-25/

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  • Summary

  • Work ongoing to reconnect two working reactors to grid
  • Zelenskiy urges world pressure to force Russians from site
  • Residents in Kyiv worried about situation at plant
  • https://tmsnrt.rs/3wuZdx9

KYIV, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president urged the world to act much faster to force Russian troops to vacate Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after the site was cut from electricity for hours in an incident he said risked an international radiation disaster.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian shelling on Thursday had sparked fires in the ash pits of a nearby coal power station that disconnected the Zaporozhzhia plant from the power grid. A Russian official said Ukraine was to blame.

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