Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv accuses Moscow of ‘radiation blackmail’ as IAEA director visits Zaporizhzhia region

Live blog: Zelenskyy decries Russia's "radiation blackmail" in Zaporizhzhia

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is now in its 398th day.

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'radiation blackmail'

Ukraine's president said Russian troops were holding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant "hostage" and its safety could not be guaranteed until they left it, while his forces shut the frontline town of Avdiivka as they planned their next move.

Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv accuses Moscow of ‘radiation blackmail’ as IAEA director visits Zaporizhzhia region

Rafael Mariano Grossi, chief of the IAEA, told reporters Tuesday that he remained hopeful a deal could be brokered on the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

Zelensky accuses Russia of radiation blackmail after tour of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro - Egypt Independent

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy thanked the secretary general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his support and accused Russia of nuclear blackmail over its control of one of Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants (NPP). The accusations come after Zelenksy visited the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro. “I met with IAEA head Rafael Grossi. The …