(ANSA-AFP) - KYIV, NOV 21 - The UN's atomic watchdog chief on
Sunday denounced "targeted" strikes at Ukraine's
Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, calling for a
"stop to this madness", as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame. Ukraine
meanwhile dismissed Russian accusations that it had executed
surrendering soldiers. "The news from our team yesterday and
this morning is extremely disturbing," said a statement Sunday
from Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy
Agency. "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. Speaking to French
broadcaster BFMTV later Sunday, Grossi was clear that the
strikes on the plant were no accident. "The people who are doing
this know where they are hitting. It is absolutely deliberate,
targeted." The IAEA is to send a team of experts to the plant --
the biggest nuclear facility in Europe -- and which is currently
controlled by Russian troops. (ANSA-AFP).
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