Nuclear power plant burns in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine

Nuclear power plant burns in Zaporizhzhya Ukraine

Updated 21.23 | Published 21.15

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The nuclear power plant in Ukrainian Zaporizhzhya is on fire.

According to Zelensky, radiation levels should be normal.

The Russian rescue service is on the scene.

A nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya in Ukraine is on fire, Ukrainian President Zelensky signs X.

According to him, the radiation levels should currently be normal. Images show large clouds of smoke rising from the facility.

– As long as the Russian terrorists retain control of the nuclear power plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal, he writes.

The area is currently occupied by Russia, whose acting governor saying there is “no threat”. The emergency services must be on site and work to extinguish the fire.

Russia blames the fire on Ukrainian shelling.

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