UN nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at nuclear power plant

IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 (Seth Wenig/AP/PA)

The world is fortunate a nuclear accident has not happened in Ukraine, the UN nuclear chief said on Tuesday.

Rafael Grossi asked Moscow and Kyiv to commit to preventing any attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and make other pledges “to avoid the danger of a catastrophic incident”.