Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for Russia's defense ministry, said four shells had hit the roof of a building housing nuclear fuel.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant over the past 24 hours, as concern grows over the safety of Europe's largest nuclear power station.
Speaking to Russia's state-owned TASS news agency Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, a ministry spokesman, said Ukraine had fired on the Zaporizhzhia NPP three times in the last day. A Russian soldier patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Energodar on May 1, 2022. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling the site over the past 24 hours.Konashenkov claimed Russian forces returned fire, destroying"an American M777 howitzer" in Ukrainian service.has not been able to independently verify.
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