Ukraine warns of critical situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday the situation at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station had become critical, with Russian shelling preventing restoration of power needed to cool the reactors and prevent a meltdown.
Zelensky, speaking in his nightly video address, said one of the diesel generators providing emergency power was no longer working, seven days after external power lines went down.
“This is the seventh day. There has never before been such an…