IAEA says shelling reported near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant


FILE PHOTO: A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo

(Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday its team at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine heard shelling close to the site and observed black smoke rising from three nearby locations.

The team from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog was informed that multiple artillery shells struck an area outside the plant's perimeter, around 400 m (437 yards) from its off-site diesel fuel storage facility, the IAEA said in a statement.

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