Russian soldiers targeted by Ukraine are posing a threat to Europe's largest nuclear power plant.

As the G7 nations urged Moscow to evacuate its forces from the facility out of concern about a nuclear meltdown, Ukraine is targeting Russian soldiers who fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant or use it as a shooting camp.

Over numerous incidences of shelling at the Zaporizhzhia complex in southern Ukraine, Ukraine and Russia have traded allegations. Early in the conflict, Russian forces seized the station.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in an evening address on Saturday that "any Russian soldier who either fires at the plant, or shoots using the plant as cover, must understand that he becomesa specific target for our intelligence agents, for our specialservices, for our army."

Zelenskiy repeatedly asserted that Russia was using the plant as a kind of nuclear blackmail but provided no further specifics.

On the Dnipro river, the plant dominates the south side of a sizable reservoir. Ukrainian forces in charge of the towns and cities on the other bank have come under heavy fire from the side held by Russia.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the Ukrainian president, charged that Russia had "struck the part of the nuclear power plant where the energy that powers the south of Ukraine is created."

The intention is to isolate us from the (plant) and attribute this to the Ukrainian army, according to Podolyak's tweet (NYSE:TWTR).

If the violence doesn't cease, a nuclear disaster could occur, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is attempting to assess the plant. Fighting, according to nuclear experts, might harm the reactors or the plant's spent fuel pools.

The Zaporizhzhia complex, which is still maintained by Ukrainian experts, needs to have a demilitarized zone established around it, according to UN chief Antonio Guterres.

The greatest portion of the still-Russian-held region, Zaporizhzhia and the neighboring Kherson provinces, were taken by Russia after its invasion on February 24. Kyiv has been announcing for weeks that it is preparing a counteroffensive to retake these areas.

A calamity was also feared as Russian and Ukrainian soldiers battled for control of Chornobyl, the still-radioactive site of the world's worst nuclear accident.

The dialectic rift widens.

Moscow-Washington relations have reached a low point as a result of Russia's invasion, which it refers to as a "special military operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" its smaller neighbor. Russia has threatened to terminate ties and has warned that it may do so.

The Western allies of Ukraine have been led by the United States in providing it with self-defense weapons and punitive sanctions against Moscow.

A senior Russian official claimed on Friday that Moscow had warned Washington that diplomatic ties would suffer severely and would possibly be severed if the U.S. Senate passed a measure designating Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism."

According to TASS, a senior member of the Russian foreign ministry warned on Saturday that any seizure of Russian assets by the United States would irreparably damage bilateral ties.

According to Alexander Darchiev, head of the ministry's North American Department, "We warn the Americans of the adverse effects of such acts that would permanently harm bilateral relations, which is not in their nor in our interests." Which assets he was referring to was unclear.

According to Darchiev, American involvement in the conflict has grown to the point where "Americans are increasinglybecoming more and more a direct party in the conflict."

In order to assist Ukraine in defending its airspace against Russian missiles and aircraft, the United States and Europe have declined to impose a no-fly zone out of fear of getting drawn into the conflict.