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Al Jazeera Staff

Russia, Ukraine trade barbs at UN over nuclear plant attack

Ukrainian Ambassador to UN Sergiy Kyslytsya said the Russian invasion is an attack on 'humanity' [Carlo Allegri/Reuters]

Western and Ukrainian diplomats have accused Russia of recklessly endangering global safety after a fire broke out at a training facility adjacent to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – charges that Moscow dismissed as “lies”.

At a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Friday, Kyiv’s envoy Sergiy Kyslytsya said Moscow committed “nuclear terrorism” when its forces captured Zaporizhzhia, calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine an attack on “humanity”.

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