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Thursday, March 3, 2022
Nuclear plant spokesman confirms Russians shelling site
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA spokesman for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant confirms that Russian troops have begun shelling the plant, Europe’s largest nuclear power station in Ukraine.
“We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire,” Andriy Tuz, spokesperson for the plant in Enerhodar, says in a video posted on Telegram. “There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe.”
The plant accounts for about one quarter of Ukraine’s power generation. It is four times the size of the Chernobyl plant.
The mayor of Enerhodar says Ukrainian forces are battling Russian troops on the city’s outskirts. Video earlier showed flames and black smoke rising above the city of more than 50,000, with people streaming past wrecked cars, just a day after the UN atomic watchdog agency expressed grave concern that the fighting could cause accidental damage to Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors.
Nothing to see here. Just fierce fighting near to Europe’s biggest atomic power station in Enerhodar, Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/2y8PbbqJf8
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 3, 2022
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