UN urges demilitarised zone around Ukraine nuclear power plant

The United Nations Security Council has met to address the safety of the Zaporizhzhia [[ZAP-aw-REEZH-zhyuh]] nuclear power plant. Officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency [[IAEA]] are calling for access to the plant, saying the situation is stable but warn that could change at any moment.

File photo - Members of the maintenance staff are pictured at the territory of the National training centre for maintenance staff of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Zaporizhzhia Region, eastern Ukraine, July 11, 2019. There was growing concern on Monday that the ongoing war in Ukraine could lead to serious damage at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station — a sprawling facility on Russian occupied ground that continues to function as the war rages around it. Russian emergency services released images of damage around the plant after both sides traded fresh accusations of shelling the compound. Photo by Dmytro Smolyenko/Ukrinform/ABACAPRESS.COM. Source: ABACA / Smoliyenko Dmytro/Ukrinform/ABACA/PA

Renewed shelling on the Zaporizhzhia [[ZAP-aw-REEZH-zhyuh]] nuclear power plant in Ukraine is prompting fears of a nuclear catastrophe.

Representatives gathered for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the evolving situation.

Russia seized Europe's largest nuclear power plant in March after invading Ukraine on February the 24th, but the facility is still run by Ukrainian engineers.

Both Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other for the renewed attacks.