Guterres, stop 'suicide' attacks on nuclear power plants
Allow IEA access to the Zaporizhzhia plant
08 August, 09:49"Any attack on nuclear power plants is suicidal," he said. "I hope these attacks will end. At the same time, I hope the IAEA can access the power plant" at Zaporizhia, Europe's largest, the scene since last Friday of bombings whose Russian and Ukrainian belligerents have blamed each other.
The secretary-general fears that the ongoing events in Ukraine could escalate into a protracted conflict, Tass reported, and said he was "very concerned" about the possibility of a "protracted" conflict, "which is causing enormous suffering and having a very negative impact on the global economy." "The difficult thing, for a cease-fire, comes from the simple fact that "it is not possible to reconcile the positions" of Moscow and Kiev, he added. (ANSA-AFP).