Ukraine: Russia suspected of using Zaporizhia plant for supplies
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Over the weekend, Ukraine announced that it would continue to attack sites that damaged various areas of its nuclear power plant. It accused Russia of causing "nuclear terrorism." Ukraine also called on the West to impose further sanctions on Russia for its dangerous actions with potentially devastating consequences.
Over the weekend, Enerhoatom, the Ukrainian nuclear energy company responsible for the plant, said:
"One of our employees was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds from the explosion."
The company confirmed Thursday that its plant had been hit five times, but Russia TASS news agency reported that a Russian-appointed official said Ukraine had shelled the plant twice.
A strike over the weekend damaged part of the nuclear power plant's administration building and also dropped other rockets into the "spent nuclear fuel storage zone."
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The company announced last Friday that another Radiation sensors at the site were stored outdoors in the exposed dry storage area, along with 174 containers containing spent nuclear fuel, he added, three people were injured in the attack.
Following the weekend's events, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, called the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned of a "very real risk of nuclear disaster". A spokesperson for the
agency added: "Military fire directed at or away from the installation amounts to playing with fire and can have devastating consequences."
It encourages the implementation of demilitarized zones at nuclear power plants in response to concerns about "unfortunate consequences".
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The UN Security Council discussed the need for a demilitarized zone ( Image: Getty) 
at the UN Security Council meeting on Thursday. At the meeting, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told both Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting in the vicinity of the nuclear site.
The Secretary-General said:
"Instead, we need an urgent agreement at the technical level on a safe boundary for demilitarization to ensure regional security."
and encouraged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit and assess sites currently run by Ukrainian workers.
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In another attack last Friday, the company attacked the site's three radiation sensors and He added that 174 containers holding used ones were damaged. The nuclear fuel was stored outside in the hit dry storage area.
In the wake of the weekend's events, the United Nations nuclear watchdog called the International Atomic Energy Agency warned of a "very real risk of a nuclear disaster". A spokesperson for the
agency added:
Now the UN Secretary-General is encouraging the implementation of demilitarized zones at nuclear power plants in response to concerns of "catastrophic consequences".
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