Fire at Ukraine nuclear plant extinguished, Kyiv claims ‘nuclear terror’
The fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has been extinguished, Ukrainian emergency services said Friday, after Kyiv blamed Russian military shelling for the blaze.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of resorting to “nuclear terror” and wanting to “repeat” the Chernobyl disaster after he said invading Russian forces deliberately attacked the nuclear power plant.
Ukraine’s emergency services said it was able to put out the fire after the Russian military eventually allowed rescuers to access the site. “At 06:20 (04:20 GMT) the fire in the training building of Zaporizhzhia NPP in Energodar was extinguished. There are no victims,” the emergency services said in a statement on Facebook.
