Russia-Ukraine war: Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on fire after Russian attack

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Nuclear power plant on fire in Ukraine after Russians attack

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, was on fire early on Friday after an attack by Russian troops.Russian forces entered the port town of Kherson and the southern city of Enerhodar, a major energy hub on the Dnieper River.

Russian forces battled for control of the Ukrainian city that is home to the power plant in Europe on Thursday and gained ground in their bid to cut off the country from the sea, as Ukrainian leaders called on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against the invaders. Members of the Ukrainian military walk across a destroyed bridge near the frontline amid fighting in Bucha and Irpin in Ukraine.Mayor Dmytro Orlov and the Ukrainian state atomic energy company reported that a Russian military column was heading toward the nuclear plant. Loud shots and rocket fire were heard early Friday AEDT.“Many young men in athletic clothes and armed with Kalashnikovs have come into the city.

Severing Ukraine’s access to the Black and Azov seas would deal a crippling blow to its economy and allow Russia to build a land corridor to Crimea, seized by Moscow in 2014. In a statement issued after the French and Russian presidents spoke by phone, the Kremlin made clear its goals included the demilitarisation and neutrality of Ukraine.

“We will continue to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine,” Alghabra said in the tweet, without providing more details. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met again and Kyiv said it would call for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridors to evacuate its besieged citizens, as the war entered its second week with Ukrainian cities surrounded and under bombardment.

 

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