UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
By DEREK GATOPOULOS, Associated Press
Published: August 31, 2022, 10:11am
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous, long-sought mission to safeguard the site and prevent a catastrophe from the fighting raging around it.
Underscoring the danger, Kyiv and Moscow again accused each other of shelling the area around the complex overnight.
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