Shelling near Ukraine reactor 'close call'

By Pavel Polityuk
Updated November 21 2022 - 9:13pm, first published 9:10pm
Russian officials say Ukrainian forces fired shells at power lines supplying the Zaporizhzhia plant. (EPA PHOTO)
Russian officials say Ukrainian forces fired shells at power lines supplying the Zaporizhzhia plant. (EPA PHOTO)

Ukraine has narrowly escaped disaster during fighting that rocked Europe's largest atomic power plant with a barrage of shells, some falling near reactors and damaging a radioactive waste storage building, the United Nations nuclear watchdog says.

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