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Zelensky calls on UN to 'ensure security' of nuclear plant

Increased fighting has raised fears of a nuclear incident

18 August, 16:21
(ANSA-AFP) - LVIV, AUG 18 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United Nations to ensure security at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, where increased fighting has raised fears of a nuclear incident. "The UN must ensure the security of this strategic object, its demilitarisation and complete liberation from Russian troops," Zelensky said in a statement after meeting UN chief Antonio Guterres in Lviv. The Ukrainian leader also criticised "deliberate" Russian attacks on the facility. (ANSA-AFP).

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