Zelenskiy condemns Russia's nuclear plant actions amidst ongoing conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russian troops of holding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant "hostage" and said its safety could not be guaranteed until they left it. Russian troops have occupied the nuclear power plant since the early weeks of the invasion of Ukraine and have shown no inclination to relinquish control. Zelenskiy decried the Russian presence as "radiation blackmail". A team of IAEA experts has since September been stationed at the plant, which Kyiv has accused Moscow of using as a shield for troops and military hardware.