Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worker killed in drone attack, IAEA says

One ​employee of ​the Zaporizhzhia nuclear ‌power plant ​in Russian-held southeastern Ukraine was killed ‌in a drone attack on Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency ‌said in a post on ‌X. The IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, also said that an employee of ⁠the ​nearby ⁠Zaporizhzhia thermal power plant had been killed ⁠by a drone on Monday ​in a separate attack.

The plant ⁠is located near the front ⁠line ​in a part of southeastern Ukraine captured early in ⁠Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, and both sides ⁠have ⁠repeatedly accused each other of putting it in jeopardy.