Ukraine: Fire at cooling tower of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Aug 12, 2024 01:05 AM IST

There had been no detected change in the radiation levels around the plant.

A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is under the control of Russian forces, a Moscow-installed official said.

A view shows Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine June 16, 2023.(Reuters)

“As a result of shelling of the town of Energodar by the Ukrainian armed forces, there was a fire at a cooling system,” Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-installed governor of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region said on Telegram.

Both Balitsky and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there had been no detected change in the radiation levels around the plant, as Zelensky accused Russian forces of having started the fire.

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