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Russia urged to leave Ukraine nuclear plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency's board voted 26-2 to call for Russia's immediate exit from Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

IAEA's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna this week
IAEA's Board of Governors meeting in Vienna this week (AN/Dean Calma)

The United Nations nuclear watchdog's board voted 26-2 to call for Russia's immediate departure from Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and give control of it back to Ukrainian authorities.

The resolution approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member Board of Governors on Thursday demands that Russia "immediately cease all actions against, and at, the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and any other nuclear facility in Ukraine."

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