Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently under the control of Russian military officials, was hit by shelling on Sunday, drawing condemnation from the United Nations nuclear watchdog, which said the attacks risked a major disaster in the area.

• YAHOO NEWS – More than a dozen blasts shook Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Saturday evening and Sunday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

• CBS NEWS – The situation is carefully monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency tasked with making sure nuclear facilities are safe and atomic material is only used for peaceful purposes. Its director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, recently inspected the site.

• CNN – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said that whoever was responsible for the attacks was “playing with fire,” reiterating a warning he made in September.

• CNBC – Repeated shelling of the plant in southern Ukraine has raised concern about the potential for a grave accident just 300 miles from the 1986 Chornobyl disaster.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it received reports of renewed shelling in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest  nuclear power plant. The watchdog called for “urgent measures to help prevent a nuclear accident.” https://t.co/oqOlUZfVxH

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 20, 2022

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, warned that whoever fired artillery at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was ‘playing with fire’ as his team prepared to inspect it for damage from the weekend strikes https://t.co/vwvvcJMNnF pic.twitter.com/Mimnv9rzhg

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 21, 2022