EU mulls sanctions as Russia accused of shelling Ukraine from nuclear plant

KYIV - The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday , as Moscow is accused of using the continent's largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine.

Describing"a deluge of fire", regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko on Saturday said Grad missiles had pounded residential areas."Rescuers found two dead people under the ruins" in the riverside city of Nikopol, he said. Brussels is expected to hold initial sanctions discussions on Monday, but not make a same-day decision, according to a senior EU official.killing thousands and displacing millions of Ukrainians, Moscow announced on Saturday that it would step up its military operations.

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