Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Nato members on Monday to guarantee the protection of the country's nuclear plants from Russian sabotage, a day after the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia plant was rocked by heavy shelling.
"All our nations are interested in not having any dangerous incidents at our nuclear facilities," Mr Zelensky said in a video address to Nato's parliamentary assembly in Madrid. "We all need guaranteed protection from Russian sabotage at nuclear facilities."
The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was shelled on Saturday and Sunday, raising concern about the potential for a serious accident just 500km from Chernobyl, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for attacks on the plant in Russian-held territory.
Russia said earlier on Monday that Zaporizhzhia's shelling could unleash a grave nuclear accident, repeating its accusations that Ukrainian forces were to blame.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "We call on all countries of the world to use their influence so that the Ukrainian armed forces stop doing this."
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