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Four more ships loaded with grain set off from Ukrainian ports on Sunday, as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for a new strike at a
Ukrainian forces were flouting international law by exposing civilians to Russian fire
But it stands by its controversial report.Kyiv's infrastructure ministry wrote on Telegram that a second convoy of Ukrainian supplies had
just left, three from Chornomorsk and one from Odesa.The Mustafa Necati, the Star Helena, the Glory and the Riva Wind were carrying "around
170,000 tons of agriculture-related merchandise," it said.Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations Sunday over who bombed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear
site in southern Ukraine.Europe's largest atomic power complex has been under Russian control since the early days of the Feb
24 invasion.And as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed U.S
chess.'Very real risk'Recent fighting at the plant has prompted UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to warn
of "the very real risk of a nuclear disaster."Russia's occupying authorities in the town of Enerhodar, where the plant is located, said the
Ukrainian army overnight "carried out a strike with a cluster bomb fired from an Uragan multiple rocket launcher."The projectiles fell
"within 400 meters of a working reactor" and in a "zone storing used nuclear fuel," Russia's state news agency TASS reported.Ukraine's state
nuclear energy company Enerhoatom however said the "Russian occupiers once again fired rockets" at the nuclear power plant in its host town,
One worker there had been hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, it added.AFP was not able to confirm the allegations from an independent
source.On Saturday, Enerhoatom had already said parts of the facility had been "seriously damaged" by military strikes the previous day,
facility would amount to playing with fire, with potentially catastrophic consequences."Zelensky in his nightly address Sunday, called for a
"principled response" from the international community.Evoking the possibility that the plant was hit causing the release of a toxic cloud,
he added: No-one will stop the wind that will spread the radioactive contamination."Amnesty's regretAmnesty International sparked outrage in
Ukraine with a report Thursday accusing the military of endangering civilians by establishing bases in schools and hospitals, and launching
counter-attacks from heavily populated areas.The head of their Ukraine bureau resigned over the report, accusing Amnesty of becoming "a tool
of Russian propaganda."On Sunday, the rights group said that while it stood by its finding, "nothing we documented Ukrainian forces doing in
any way justifies Russian violations."The renewed shipments of Ukrainian grain to help ease global food shortages and bring down prices
nevertheless offer a small glimmer of hope as the war enters its sixth month.Ukraine, one of the world's largest grain exporters, had been
forced to halt almost all deliveries in the wake of Russia's invasion.That sent global food prices soaring, making imports prohibitively
expensive for some of the world's poorest nations.A bulk carrier arrived in Chornomorsk on Saturday to be loaded with grain for the first
time since Moscow's invasion.The departure Sunday of the four other vessels follows several others last week under a deal brokered with the
help of Turkey.'Sign of hope'In Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis welcomed the resumption of grain exports as "a sign of hope" that showed
and lasting peace."Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted pictures on Telegram on Sunday of a meeting with Oscar-winning actress
Jessica Chastain.Underlining the value of visits from famous people, he wrote: "Thanks to this, the world will hear, know and understand the
truth about what is happening in our country even more."Earlier Sunday, Moscow celebrated a diplomatic victory of its own with the
re-election of Russia's Arkady Dvorkovich to the helm of the international chess body FIDE.Dvorkovich, a former deputy premier under Russian
President Vladimir Putin, comfortably saw off a challenge from Ukrainian grandmaster Andrii Baryshpolets who had accused him of being part
of Moscow's "war machine."Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it "clearly very good news and a very significant victory," Russia's TASS
