It's "time to stop playing with fire" at Zaporizhzhia, warns ICRC chief

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Aniruddha Chakraborty
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It's "time to stop playing with fire" at Zaporizhzhia, warns ICRC chief

BY A STAFF REPORTER: It is "high time to stop playing with fire" around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned Thursday. ICRC director-general Robert Mardini urged "concrete measures" be taken "to protect this facility and others like it from any military operations." "The slightest miscalculation could trigger devastations that we will regret for decades," he warned. "When hazardous sites become battlegrounds, the consequences for millions of people and the environment can be catastrophic and last many years," he said.