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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv, Jennifer Rankin, and agencies

Attack on Ukraine nuclear plant ‘suicidal’, says UN chief as he urges access to site

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, south-eastern Ukraine
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, south-eastern Ukraine, which has been shelled, causing damage to radiation sensors. Photograph: Russian Emergencies Ministry Handout/EPA

The UN secretary general has called for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shelling of Europe’s largest atomic plant at the weekend.

“Any attack to a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing,” António Guterres told a news conference in Japan on Monday, two days after attending the Hiroshima peace memorial ceremony to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing.

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