Pope Francis warns of potential "nuclear disaster" at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia plant

Pope Francis called for “concrete steps” to end the war in Ukraine on Wednesday and avert the risk of a nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia power plant.

Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of firing at the facility, the largest of its kind in Europe and which pro-Moscow forces took over soon after the Feb. 24 invasion. The United Nations has called for the area to be demilitarized.

Speaking on the day Ukraine marks its independence from Soviet rule in 1991 and six months after Russian forces invaded the country, Francis condemned wars as “madness” and referred to the death of Darya Dugina, daughter of a prominent Russian ultra-nationalist, in a car bombing near Moscow on Saturday.

“Innocents pay for war,” he said.

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