Radiation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Normal After Shelling Damage

MOSCOW (Reuters) —
Iodine tablets for Zaporizhzhia residents are pictured at the local administration office in the city’s eastern Khortytskyi district as fears of a nuclear accident at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in currently occupied by Russia Enerhodar city, remain high, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia, Monday. (REUTERS/Dmytro Smolienko)

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the radiation situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remains normal.

In its statement, the ministry said that Ukrainian forces had fired two artillery shells into the territory of the nuclear power plant. It also a downed Ukrainian drone which crashed into the roof of a building storing nuclear fuel and radioactive waste.

Russian troops captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, in March. It remains close to the frontline, and has come under fire repeatedly in recent weeks, raising fears of a nuclear disaster.

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