Ukraine Latest: IAEA Chief Warns of ‘Real’ Nuclear Disaster Risk
A Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Energodar in May.
Photographer: Andrey Borodulin/AFP/Getty Images
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The head of the UN’s atomic agency warned of “potentially catastrophic consequences” in its first response to shelling Friday around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Ukraine said Russia targeted the facility, calling it “an act of terror.” Moscow said Kyiv was behind the incident and that it would complain to the UN.
More grain ships left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, and two are headed inbound toward Chornomorsk from Turkey. But finding shipowners ready to put their vessels in harm’s way remains a challenge.