Zelenskiy says nuclear plant still ‘very risky’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant "remains very risky, dangerous” even after two power units were reconnected to the country’s energy grid after an outage.

The plant is working "despite provocations by occupying Russian forces,” state-owned operator Energoatom said. Zelenskiy said in a video address that the International Atomic Energy Agency should be allowed to arrive "soonest” to help prevent further incidents.

Several strikes were reported near the plant overnight. Russia’s Tass news agency said they came from Ukrainian forces, while Ukraine’s nuclear inspection agency said they were Russian attacks. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, also expressed concern about the situation.