VIENNA:&nbsp;A drone hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, the UN nuclear agency has said, citing local officials. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) posted on social media that the Russian-run plant&#39;s operator informed it that a drone had hit the turbine building on Saturday, &quot;reportedly causing a hole in its wall&quot;. Russian media carried a statement from state-owned nuclear power firm Rosatom accusing <a href="https://pakistantv.com/article/pakistan-calls-for-ceasefire-renewed-commitment-to-diplomacy-in-ukraine" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ukraine</a> of a deliberate attack -- a claim strongly denied by Kyiv.&nbsp;Biggest nuclear power plantClose to the front line in southern Ukraine, <a href="https://pakistantv.com/article/un-condemns-dangerous-escalation-in-ukraine-war" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zaporizhzhia</a> is the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of risking a nuclear catastrophe with attacks since it was captured by Russia&#39;s forces in 2022. &quot;There should be no attack of any kind from or against the plant&quot;, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi was quoted as saying in the agency&#39;s X post late on Saturday. &quot;Attacking nuclear sites is like playing with fire.&quot;<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2060821295944876185&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2F&sessionId=4e68d0b7af64f6eb568e09f259275a67fd0586c5&theme=light&widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 702px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;"></iframe></div></div>Rosatom alleged the drone was controlled via a fiber-optic cable, which ruled out &quot;the possibility of an accidental strike&quot;. &quot;Today, we have come one step closer to an incident that is highly likely to affect even those who live far beyond the borders of Russia and Ukraine,&quot; Rosatom CEO Alexei Likachev told Russian media.&nbsp;Lacking &lsquo;logic&rsquo;Rejecting the accusations, Ukraine&#39;s foreign ministry said in a statement that they lacked &quot;logic&quot;. &quot;It is unclear why Ukraine would strike its own nuclear power plant located on its own territory, which it itself seeks to regain under its sovereign control,&quot; the ministry said. &quot;We consider these statements as yet another information operation by the occupying state.&quot; The strike blew a hole in the wall of the machine room but did not damage core equipment, Rosatom said. Authorities in Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia in April accused Ukraine of carrying out a strike which they said killed a transport worker.

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Russian media carried a statement from state-owned nuclear power firm Rosatom accusing Ukraine of a deliberate attack -- a claim strongly denied by Kyiv; Zaporizhzhia is the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe.

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