Russia, Ukraine trade accusations of plots to attack Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday accused each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, long the subject of mutual recriminations and suspicions.

Russian troops seized the station, Europe’s largest nuclear facility with six reactors, in the days following the Kremlin’s invasion of its neighbor in February 2022.

Each side has since regularly accused the other of shelling around the plant, situated in Ukraine’s south, and risking a…