UN officials raise alarm over nuclear safety amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war
Reports of incidents near nuclear facilities in Ukraine and Russia have alarmed UN officials, echoing earlier warnings from IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi about potential threats to these sites in both countries.
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00:00A top U.N. official has raised the alarm on nuclear safety in Ukraine and Russia.
00:08At a Security Council meeting, he says the U.N. nuclear watchdog reported periodic military
00:14activity near power plants in both regions.
00:17The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, reported deterioration of the nuclear safety
00:26situation at Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
00:31Concerns are also rising over nuclear safety and security in the Kursk region of the Russian
00:37Federation.
00:38Meanwhile, Russia stepped up its offensive in Ukraine, firing dozens of missiles and
00:44drones in its biggest onslaught in weeks.
00:48Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation near Pokrovsk and other areas
00:54of the Donetsk region remains extremely difficult.
00:57He says this is where Russia's largest forces are concentrated.
01:03He once again called on Ukraine's allies to consider lifting restrictions on the use of
01:08long-range weapons.