The New York Times
By Emma Bubola

The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, on Monday condemned the fighting around the vast Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex in southern Ukraine, saying that any attack on a nuclear facility is “suicidal.”

Russian forces have occupied the nuclear complex, Europe’s largest, since March, and have for the past month been using it as a base to launch artillery barrages at the Ukrainian-controlled town of Nikopol, across the Dnipro River.

In recent days, blasts have occurred and rockets have struck on the complex’s grounds. Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the attacks, which have raised fears of a major nuclear accident.

Mr. Guterres said on Monday that he hoped the attacks would end and that the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, would be given access to the plant as Ukraine has requested.

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