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Atomic watchdog alert to risk of fighting near Russian nuclear plant

IAEA is monitoring the fighting from Ukraine's assault with thousands of troops near Kursk's six reactor units.

Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in western Russia
Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in western Russia (AN/Rosatom)

Ukraine's surprise push into Russia's Kursk region endangers a nuclear power plant, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warns.

What's new: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his nation's effort "to push the war out into the aggressor's territory" on Saturday, despite calls from IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi for "maximum restraint" a day earlier as fighting from Ukrainian troops' cross-border incursion neared Russia's Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. "Ukraine is proving that it really knows how to restore justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed – pressure on the aggressor," Zelenskyy said.

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