Zelensky called on the UN to 'ensure the security' of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during a meeting with Secretary-General António Guterres today in Lviv. The plant has been occupied by Russia since March.
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling areas near the facility or in the nearby city of Enerhodar.
Guterres has denounced the fighting near the facility as "suicidal" and has repeatedly called for the immediate cessation of military activity near the plant and the removal of military personnel and equipment from the site.Zelensky said Guterres and he discussed the power plant during a meeting in Lviv on Thursday.
"Separate attention was paid to the topic of nuclear blackmail of Russia at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant," Zelensky said in a
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