Goal of nuclear safety zone is to ‘stop Ukraine shelling’: Russia

The Russian foreign ministry says the primary goal of a proposed safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is to “stop Ukraine shelling”.

The plant has come under repeated shelling, prompting the IAEA nuclear safety watchdog to call for a demilitarised safety zone around the plant.

Moscow and Kyiv continually accuse each other of shelling the plant.