White House calls for demilitarized zone around Ukraine nuclear plant

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White Home mentioned on Monday that Russia ought to conform to a demilitarized zone across the Ukrainian nuclear plant that has change into a harmful frontline within the ongoing conflict.

White Home Nationwide Safety Council spokesperson John Kirby informed reporters the Biden administration helps a go to led by the Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company (IAEA) to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on the Dnipro river in southern central Ukraine.

A managed shutdown of the plant could be the most secure possibility, he mentioned.

(Reporting by Christopher Gallagher, Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt; Modifying by Chris Reese)