IAEA Notes Reported Attack on Zaporizhzhia Plant, Russia Accuses Ukraine

The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that officials at Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had reported a new attempted drone attack on the facility’s training centre—less than two weeks after other similar incidents. Russia-installed officials at the plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe, said Ukraine was behind the latest incident. Russian forces captured the plant in the first weeks of the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and each side has since repeatedly accused the other of attacking the plant. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has warned that attacks and incidents at the plant are “reckless” and could trigger a major nuclear accident....