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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Aug. 12 that it had been unable to determine the cause of the fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) that was started a day earlier. Ukrainian officials accusedRussian forces on Aug. 11 of setting fire to “a large number of automobile tires in cooling towers” at the nuclear plant in an effort to “create panic in the settlements on the right bank of the former reservoir.” Soon after, President Vlodymyr Zelensky called on the IAEA to hold Russia accountable for the alleged provocation. “As long as Russian terrorists retain contro…

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