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IAEA confirms Russia put explosive mines by Ukrainian nuclear reactor

But the U.N. agency says any detonation of the mines should not affect the site’s nuclear safety and security systems.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and surrounding area.
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and surrounding area. (AN/)

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency said it found evidence that Russian forces occupying Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant placed explosive mines nearby.

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors found the directional anti-personnel mines in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers that faced away from the plant. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of plans to sabotage Europe's biggest nuclear plant.

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