Macron calls Putin over fears Russia is weaponising captured nuclear plant

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has said Russia may plan to decouple the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from the Ukrainian power grid, backing up warnings from the Ukraine’s own nuclear power firm.

Macron spoke to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, on Friday, and said the call was necessary because of the urgent nuclear threat to Europe. Putin agreed to consider allowing a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency to travel to the plant from Ukrainian territory, Macron…