{"id":188254,"date":"2022-08-19T09:18:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T01:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=188254"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T01:18:36","slug":"russia-ukraine-conflict-zelensky-calls-on-un-to-ensure-security-of-nuclear-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=188254","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine conflict: Zelensky calls on UN to &#8216;ensure security&#8217; of nuclear plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2022\/08\/18\/image-77759-1660836370.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"267\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br>LVIV (Ukraine), Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United Nations to ensure security at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, where increased fighting has raised fears of a nuclear incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The UN must ensure the security of this strategic object, its demilitarisation and complete liberation from Russian troops,&#8221; Zelensky said in a statement after meeting UN chief Antonio Guterres in Lviv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ukrainian leader also criticised &#8220;deliberate&#8221; Russian attacks on the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine and Russia have been accusing each other of targeting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant &#8212; the biggest in Europe &#8212; which Russia seized last March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions around the power plant have fuelled global fears of a nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two leaders also discussed grain exports, after a deal brokered by the UN and Turkiye allowed their resumption this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exports had been blocked following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We agreed to continue the coordination of the grain initiative implementation. We also discussed the possible directions of its development,&#8221; Zelensky said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first ship to depart under the deal left Ukraine on Aug 1. Since then, 25 cargo ships have sailed from Ukrainian ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia and Ukraine are two of the world&#8217;s biggest grain exporters. The halt of exports led to price increases globally amid fears of widespread food shortages, particularly in poor countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky and Guterres also spoke about deportations of Ukrainians to Russia, and about the release of military staff and medics taken prisoner by Russia, according to Zelensky. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0LVIV (Ukraine), Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the United Nations to ensure security at the Zaporizhzhia power plant, where increased fighting has raised fears of a nuclear incident. &#8220;The UN must ensure the security of this strategic object, its demilitarisation and complete liberation from Russian troops,&#8221; Zelensky said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":188256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188254"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=188254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188258,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188254\/revisions\/188258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/188256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=188254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=188254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=188254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}