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Reuters
Reuters
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By Andrea Shalal

Red Cross: Humanitarian response to Zaporizhzhia plant could be 'impossible'

FILE PHOTO: Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) poses after an interview with Reuters on the situation in Ukraine, in Geneva, Switzerland March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross called on Thursday for all fighting near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant to stop, warning that little could be done to respond in the event of a major accident there.

"In the event of a nuclear leak, it will be difficult if not impossible to provide humanitarian assistance ... and this is why fighting should stop," Robert Mardini told a news conference during a visit to Ukraine.

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