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Russia's shelling at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 'war crime': US Embassy in Kyiv

International Atomic Energy Agency has said that two people were injured after a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant following heavy shelling from Russian forces

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An image grab from footage obtained from a livestream from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Authority on Thursday. Pic/ AFP

An image grab from footage obtained from a livestream from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Authority on Thursday. Pic/ AFP

US Embassy in Kyiv on Friday (local time) said that Russia's shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is a "war crime".

"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," the Embassy said in a tweet.

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