Ukraine’s foreign minister warned of an explosion “ten times larger than Chernobyl” after Russian troops shelled a reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant thetimes.co.uk/article/fire-a…
🔺 Update: Russian forces have seized the largest nuclear plant in Europe after a building at the complex was set on fire during heavy fighting with the Ukrainians thetimes.co.uk/article/fire-a…
A fire had earlier broken out in a building at the Zaporizhzhya plant after shelling by Vladimir Putin’s forces, triggering widespread condemnation of a “horrific” and “reckless” act
The fire was contained, but the site was later overrun by Russian forces, the Ukrainian authorities said. “Operational personnel are monitoring the condition of power units,” which provide a fifth of the total power to the country, a local authority said in a statement 
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