Fears grow for Ukrainian nuclear power plant ahead of inspector's report

Fears grew for Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Tuesday as the bombardments around it continued, a day after the facility was again cut off from Ukraine’s power grid and placed in the precarious position of relying on its own energy to operate the security systems.

Repeated warnings from world leaders that the fighting around the Zaporizhzhia plant has put it in an untenable situation that could lead to a nuclear disaster have done little to stem the hostilities. 

Russian officials accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the town where the factory is located on Tuesday, hours after Ukrainians said Kremlin forces attacked a town across the river.