Fighting continues near Ukrainian nuclear plant despite experts voicing fears

Fighting on Thursday prompted the shutdown of one reactor — underscoring the urgency of their task

Munitions seen at the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/AP)

Heavy fighting has continued near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine – a day after experts from the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency voiced concerns about structural damage to the sprawling Zaporizhzhia site.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence says shelling continued in the district where the Zaporizhzhia power plant sits.