Ukraine’s state vitality operator warned there’s a danger of a radioactive leak on the nation’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant amid shelling by Russian forces.

Russia has “repeatedly shelled” the positioning, Europe’s greatest nuclear facility, over latest days, the operator, Energoatom, mentioned in a assertion on Saturday.

“Because of periodic shelling, the infrastructure of the station has been broken, there are dangers of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances, and the fireplace hazard is excessive,” Energoatom mentioned.

“Because of the presence of the Russian navy, their weapons, gear and explosives on the energy plant, there are severe dangers for the secure operation” of the nuclear facility, it mentioned.

The Russian Protection Ministry countered that Ukraine had fired shells on the plant.

Energoatom mentioned the Russian navy on the energy plant are getting ready for the arrival of a crew of consultants from the Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company.

The crew from the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog might arrive on the website as early as subsequent week, the New York Instances reported. A listing of the crew’s members seen by newspaper contains the IAEA’s chief, Rafael Mariano Grossi, and 13 different consultants from largely impartial international locations, in keeping with the report. Neither the U.S. nor Britain is represented on the crew, it mentioned.

In the meantime, Russia blocked an settlement on the UN that was aimed toward bolstering the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), reportedly over the wording of a reference to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant within the textual content.