Russia installs shield over Zaporizhzhia nuclear storage site


Ukrainian service members ride at military vehicle with howitzer at a front line, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A shield is being set up over a storage site for spent nuclear waste at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine to protect it from shelling and drones, a Russian-installed official said on Saturday.

Video footage published by Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-appointed official in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia province, showed workers mounting a screen of what appeared to be some kind of transparent sheeting on wires above dozens of concrete cylinders about 5 metres (16 feet) high.

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