US: Russian Attack On Nuclear Plant Is A War Crime

CBS News reports:

“It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant,” the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine said on Friday, hours after Russian forces seized control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

Russia claims Ukrainian “saboteurs” started a fire at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, but Ukraine and the U.S. say it was hit overnight by Russian shelling as Putin’s forces moved in to take control of the sprawling facility.

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It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant. Putin’s shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further. #TheHague #Zaporizhzhia #StandwithUkraine

— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) March 4, 2022