Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia bombed, more military aid, Swiss 'no longer' neutral

euronews.com:

Several radiation sensors at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant were damaged on Thursday following more bombings. 

“The situation is worsening, radioactive substances are located nearby and several radiation sensors have been damaged,” said Ukrainian operator Energoatom, reporting that the site had once again been hit earlier today. 

Kyiv and Moscow blame one another for the strikes on Europe's largest nuclear plant. 

According to Energoatom, the attacks "damaged [a] sewage pumping station" and caused smoke to begin rising around the nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. 

"At present, no contamination has been detected at the station and the level of radioactivity is normal," said one Ukrainian official, pointing out that "several tons" of radioactive waste is stored at the site.

The strikes came ahead of a UN meeting on Thursday afternoon over Zaporizhzhia, called by Russia, who seized the site early on in the war. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged both sides to halt military activity around the nuclear power plant as soon as possible. 

"I am calling on the military forces of the Russian Federation and Ukraine to immediately cease all military activities in the immediate vicinity of the plant and not to target its facilities or surroundings," he said in a statement.

UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi has previously warned that the situation at Zaporizhzhia “is completely out of control.”

Russia said on Thursday it no longer considers Switzerland a neutral country, refusing a Swiss offer to act as a go-between for Kyiv and Moscow. 

Moscow said it had turned down a proposal by Switzerland to represent Ukrainian interests in Russia and Russian interests in Ukraine because it believes the country is taking sides. 

Switzerland has