Zelensky asks NATO to protect nuclear power plants from Russian ‘sabotage’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged NATO members to guarantee the protection of Ukraine’s nuclear plants from Russian “sabotage”.

“All our nations are interested in not having any dangerous incidents at our nuclear facilities,” Zelensky said in a video address to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly in Madrid. “We all need guaranteed protection from Russian sabotage at nuclear facilities.”

UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Sunday denounced the “targeted” strikes at Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, calling for a “stop to this madness”.
Around a dozen strikes had targeted the plant, he said, and the situation was “very serious”, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency told French broadcaster BFMTV. 
Kyiv and Moscow traded blame. 

“The news from our team yesterday and this morning is extremely disturbing,” said a statement Sunday from Rafael Grossi.

“Explosions occurred at the site of this major nuclear power plant, which is completely unacceptable.

“Whoever is behind this, it must stop immediately,” he added. “As I have said many times before, you’re playing with fire!” 

There were more than a dozen blasts overnight Saturday to Sunday, some of which a team of experts from the agency on site had themselves seen, the IAEA said in a statement.
“The people who are doing this know where they are hitting. It is absolutely deliberate, targeted.” 
AFP.com, 21 Nov, 2022