Zaporizhzhia residents calm, prepared amid claims of planned nuclear attack

FILE PHOTO: A Russian service member stands guard at a checkpoint near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Residents in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia appeared calm on Wednesday after Kyiv's latest warning that Russian forces could trigger a catastrophe at the nearby Moscow-held nuclear power plant.

Both Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday accused each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, long the subject of mutual recriminations and suspicions.