Ukraine latest updates: NATO says ‘urgent’ need to inspect plant

Ukraine news from August 17: NATO says it is ‘urgent’ to allow UN nuclear watchdog to inspect Zaporizhzhia plant.

Members of the State Emergency Service prepare for nuclear disaster response drills amid shelling of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Members of the State Emergency Service prepare for nuclear disaster response drills amid shelling of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine [Dmytro Smolienko/Reuters]
By Joseph Stepansky
Published On 17 Aug 2022

  • It is “urgent” that the UN’s atomic watchdog be allowed to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is under Russian military control, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said.

  • Moscow’s defence ministry has said a senior official met with the head of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces and discussed possible military and intelligence cooperation.