Zelensky urges Europeans to ‘wake up’ over fire at nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged European leaders to “wake up” as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in the continent, is on fire, while also appealing for “immediate action” against Russia.

In a video posted on Twitter, the President said that “the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe is on fire right now” and accused Russian troops of deliberately shooting at the plant’s six reactors using tanks equipped with thermal imaging, reports the BBC.

Invoking the “global catastrophe” at Chernobyl in 1986, he warned the consequences of a meltdown at Zaporizhzhia would be far worse.