Footage obtained by Reuters purports to show the moment of a blast at Enerhodar, a town near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Reuters was able to verify the location of the video, but wasn’t able to confirm the date. The mayor or Enerhodar said the town had been getting shelled by Russian forces since the morning.
Russia and Ukraine have traded allegations of responsibility for shelling of the plant and its environs. The footage comes as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived on Thursday at the power plant. Rafael Grossi, the IAEA director general, said: ‘We are finishing our long-awaited visit to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. I have just completed a first tour of the key areas that we wanted to see in this first approach to the whole facility.’
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