The head of the UN's atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a Ukrainian drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power...
Rest of World News: Ukraine warns of nuclear "accident" risk at Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after power lines are cut. The plant switched to diesel genera
they're designed to hurt, maim, or kill humans. so they would not be expected to harm the plant itself, of course, should they go off. now, the experts who were there on the ground, they were told by people who were working in the facility, and these are still, you know, nuclear experts. these are people who have been working in the plant for some time, despite this russian occupation, that this was a military decision. that this is an area controlled by the russian military. and then we heard also, in this statement from the iaea, an understatement, if you will, boris, that these explosives are inconsistent with safety standards and nuclear security guidance, just a nice way of saying that we would much rather that explosives and mines were not near the biggest nuclear power plant in europe. boris? >> an understatement, indeed. alex, what can you tell us about the small gains that ukraine has made in bakhmut?
court or an administrative proceeding, that's all fine. and you cross the rubicon when you get to place where you start talking about doing unlawful and illegal acts like unconstitutionally seizing voting machines and this type of things that makes it a criminal act. it's going to be getting across the hill, and i think these meetings and other things that he did and talk about them will push the special counsel to believe that he has no reason to believe that there was any fraud in this election, this was simply a power grad by trump and his team. >> or to see fake electorates, for instance. michael moore, pretty sure we'll be talking you again about that. thanks so much for joining us. >> great to be with you all. thank you. explosive mines at nuclear power plant. u.n. inspectors say they found those mines at the site of europe's largest nuclear plant which is in ukraine, but under russian control. what officials are now saying about the danger. plus, his most direct threat
report about mines near the zaporizhzhia plant? >> well, boris, we're getting this information from the iaea, the international atomic energy agency. and they're saying if there were to be detonations or explosions from these mines, that it would likely not affect the nuclear safety or the security of this plant. so that is good news. of course, you never like to hear the word "explosives" or mines alongside a nuclear power plant. this is the biggest nuclear power plant in europe and it has been in russian-controlled territory since almost the very beginning of this war. what this does really speak to is russia building up its fortifications. russia really entrenching itself in and around this plant. the iaea was aware of other explosives inside and outside the plant, they say. what we understand what these are that were spotted by aeae experts over the weekend are directional anti-personnel mines that are points outwards away from the plant.
he was tweeting just about as recently as a month ago. it is unclear when he went to ukraine, but we are told that he was, again, injured there. don't know just how badly he was injured, but that he has been evacuated to germany at this point, jim. >> and among a number of former american service members who volunteered to go there to fight as well as from other countries. natasha bertrand at the pentagon, thanks so much. boris? u.n. atomic inspectors say they found explosive mines at the site of europe's largest nuclear plant, which is under russian control. the u.n. team says the mines were in a buffer zone on the periphery of the zaporizhzhia plant and facing away from the site. meantime, ukraine is reporting small gains on the battlefield near the city of bakhmut, where intense fighting has dragged on for months. but the small gains there could reap big rewards. cnn's alex marquardt is in the black sea port city of odessa. alex, how worrisome is this
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russia also claims zelensky is going to conduct a terror attack on the plant, but it's provided no evidence for this. and as ukraine and russia trade accusations, bbc verify has been looking at satellite images of the reactors. this is from the 5th ofjuly. no objects resembling explosives can be seen, but the fear of sabotage or military damage is real, not least because of the nova kakhovka dam. in earlyjune, it was destroyed. ukraine and its military allies say it was russian sabotage. russia blamed ukrainian shelling, whatever the cause. thousands of people's lives were affected. with issue, there is some reassurance. —— with zaporizhzhia. dr mark webman from imperial college tells us the reactor buildings are able to withstand earthquakes and aircraft impact strikes and that it would take a very concerted effort to damage the containment building and cause any form of radioactive release.
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