The largest nuclear power plant in Europe is in the sights of Ukrainian fire as Russian troops pose a threat.

As the G7 nations have urged Moscow to pull its military out of Europe's largest nuclear power station, Ukraine has vowed to take action against Russian soldiers who fire on or use the facility as a firing base.

Allegations of repeated shelling at a factory in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia have prompted allegations of aggression from both Ukraine and Russia. The station was taken early on in the battle by Russian troops.

In an evening address on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Russian soldiers not to shoot at or use the plant as cover because they would be a "particular target" for intelligence agents, special services, and the army.

Without providing any evidence, Zelenskiy maintained that Russia was employing the plant as nuclear blackmail.

The Dnipro River reservoir, of which the plant is a major part, can be seen from miles away on the plant's south bank. Ukrainian forces manning cities on the other side of the river have come under heavy fire from Russian forces.

Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak has accused Russia of "targeting the part of the nuclear power plant where the energy that powers the south of Ukraine is created."

Podolyak stated on Twitter, "The idea is to disconnect us from the (plant) and blame theUkrainian army for this" (NYSE:TWTR).

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has threatened a nuclear disaster unless violence ceases so that inspectors can access the plant. Experts are concerned that the conflict could cause damage to the spent fuel pools or the reactors at the nuclear plant.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has advocated for a demilitarized zone to be set up around the Zaporizhzhia complex, which is still being operated by Ukrainian specialists.

Kyiv has been saying for weeks that it plans a counteroffensive to retake Zaporizhzhia and the neighboring Kherson provinces, the main chunk of the land Russia seized after its Feb. 24 invasion and which is still in Russian hands.

Worries of another nuclear disaster stem from the earlier fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces near Chornobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident.

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Moscow and Washington relations have at an all-time low due to Russia's invasion, which it terms a "special military operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" its smaller neighbor.

The United States has spearheaded Western efforts to arm Ukraine and impose harsh sanctions on Moscow.

On Friday, a high-ranking Russian official claimed Moscow had warned Washington that if the U.S. Senate passed a measure labeling Russia a "state supporter of terrorism," it would severely damage and possibly break off diplomatic ties.

TASS reported on Saturday that a senior official in the Russian foreign ministry said any U.S. seizure of Russian assets would entirely destroy bilateral relations.

The head of the ministry's North American Department, AlexanderDarchiev, issued a warning to the United States, saying, "We warn the Americans of the adverse effects ofsuch measures that would irreversibly destroy bilateral ties, which is not in their nor our interests." Which assets he was referring to remained unclear.

Darchiev claimed that "Americans are increasinglybecoming more and more of a direct party in the conflict" as a result of growing American influence in Ukraine.

Ukraine has requested that the United States and Europe impose a no-fly zone over its territory to protect it from Russian missiles and jets, but these powers have declined, fearing that doing so would draw them more deeply into the conflict.