Ukrainian nuclear operator suggests UN peacekeepers in Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian nuclear operator on Wednesday said they would support the deployment of UN peacekeepers in the Russian-occupied nuclear plant of Zaporizhzhia, a day after the UN atomic watchdog called for a security zone around the plant.

"One of the ways to create a security zone at the ZNPP could be to set up a peacekeeping contingent there and withdraw Russian troops" Energoatom chief Petro Kotyn said in remarks broadcast by Ukrainian TV.

Conditions at the plant, Europe's largest, have been unraveling for weeks, with Moscow and Kyiv trading blame for shelling in the vicinity and fuelling fears of a radiation disaster.