U.S. says Russia using ‘nuclear shield’ in Ukraine, risks terrible accident

The United States said Russia was using Ukraine’s biggest nuclear power plant as a “nuclear shield” by stationing troops there, preventing Ukrainian forces from returning fire and risking a terrible nuclear accident.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington was “deeply concerned” that the Zaporizhzhia plant, which Russia was accused of firing shells dangerously close to in March, was now a Russian military base used to fire on nearby Ukrainian forces.
“Of course the Ukrainians cannot fire back lest there be a terrible accident involving the nuclear plant,” Blinken told reporters after nuclear nonproliferation talks at the United Nations in New York on Monday.
Russia’s actions went beyond using a “human shield” Blinken said, calling it a “nuclear shield.”