UN warns of major nuclear accident after drone attacks on Russia-held Zaporizhzhia power plant [Video]

The UN atomic watchdog’s head has warned of a “major nuclear accident” after a new drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant.

An explosion near the reactor building and blood stains suggesting one casualty on Sunday were also reported, including a hit on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit.

The International Atomic Energy Agency‘s (IAEA) head, Rafael Mariano Grossi, called the attacks “reckless”. This is the direct targeting of the nuclear facility for the first time since November 2022 in military action, endangering nuclear safety and security.

Shortly after the attacks were reported, experts of the nuclear body were sent to three affected locations and able to confirm the physical impact of the drone detonations, the IAEA said.

The attack targeted one of the site’s six reactor’s …