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Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The UN chief wants a demilitarized zone in Zaporizhzhia because of fears of a nuclear disaster

UN chief Antonio Guterres has proposed the creation of a demilitarized zone in Zaporizhzhia amid fears of a nuclear disaster. It comes amid continued accusations between Russia and Ukraine over the shelling of Europe's largest nuclear power plant and reports of new attacks in the area around it.

At a UN Security Council meeting convened to discuss the situation, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said the agency should be allowed to inspect the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, pointing out that the fighting near the site had caused "serious" crisis.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also said what was happening could "lead to a catastrophe".

Washington has also previously called for a demilitarized zone around the facility.

However, Russia's UN representative said this was not an option as it would make the plant more vulnerable to "provocations" and "terrorist attacks".

Ukraine claims that Russia turned the site into a military base to launch attacks from there, knowing that Ukrainian forces were unlikely to retaliate. Moscow denies the claim.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to exert nuclear blackmail on the entire world.

"No one else has used a nuclear power plant so obviously to threaten the whole world, as well as to set conditions. Absolutely everyone in the world must react immediately to expel the occupiers from the territory of the...