Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Friday, a fire broke out in a training building outside the largest nuclear plant in Ukraine during an intense fight between Russia and Ukraine.
A spokesperson for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant told RIA that background levels of radiation had not changed. Radiation security had been secured, the plant’s director told Ukraine 24 TV.
A video feed from the plant southeast of the capital Kyiv appeared to show smoke and flames coming from an unidentified building.
“As a result of continuous enemy shelling of buildings and units of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire,” Mayor Dmytro Orlov said on his Telegram channel.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter, “Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe”.
“Fire has already broke out … Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!”
