US Accuses Russia of Using Ukraine Power Plant as ‘Nuclear Shield’

US Accuses Russia of Using Ukraine Power Plant as ‘Nuclear Shield’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes remarks to the media during a news conference at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Aug. 1, 2022. David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called Russia’s actions around Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant “the height of irresponsibility,” accusing Moscow of using it as a “nuclear shield” in attacks on Ukrainian forces.

Russia in March was accused of firing shells dangerously close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as its forces took it over in the first weeks of the invasion of Ukraine.