People walk past the remains of a missile at a bus terminal, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday 4-March-2022.

👉 Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have taken control of Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia, near the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, after shelling it and sparking a fire in a building in the plant compound. 

Ukraine’s nuclear inspectorate said here has been no radiation leak at the plant and added that plant personnel are continuing to operate the facility safely. Ukrainian officials said firefighters were able to get the blaze at the facility under control. 

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said a Russian "projectile" hit a training center at the plant. Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday, without citing evidence, that “Ukrainian saboteurs” of the attack, calling it a "monstrous provocation." 

  

Enerhodar is a crucial power-generating city on the Dnieper River, nearly 700 kilometers southeast of Kyiv. The Zaporizhzhia facility produces about 25% of Ukraine's power. 

 

Nuclear safety experts have expressed concern that fighting so close to the power station could cut off the plant’s power supply, which would adversely affect the ability to keep the nuclear fuel cool and increase the possibility of a nuclear meltdown. 

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and received an update on the fire at the nuclear power plant, according to a White House statement released late Thursday. 

 

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