Kvyiv : According to latest reports, the Russian troops have seized control of Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia. A fire erupted at a building inside the complex during intense fighting with Ukrainian defenders, sending fears among world countries of potential nuclear disaster. The fire was later extinguished and the building identified as a training centre.
The plant at Zaporizhzhia generates a fifth of Ukraine’s total electricity. Footages shot at night showed fire near a five-storey building at the plant compound amid heavy shelling after which a large candescent ball lit up the sky and exploded beside a parking lot, filling compound with smoke.
As Ukraine forces at the plant began fighting at the facility, Presiadent Volodymr Zelenskiy in a video address said “Europeans, please wake up. Tell your politicians – Russian troops are shooting at a nuclear plant in Ukraine”
The Ukrainian regional authority on Friday confirmed Russian take over of the plant
