Foreign monitors arrived at a nuclear plant held by Russian forces in Ukraine, even as shelling reported in the area threatened to put their high-stakes mission at risk.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Thursday that Ukrainian defense officials had warned his team of increased military activity in the so-called “gray zone” separating Kyiv’s territory from Russian forces controlling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the continued fighting in the area, and there was no way to independently verify the claims. The warring sides each accused the other of trying to sabotage the mission to Europe’s largest atomic power station, though both have publicly said they want it to go ahead.
