Russian troops overtook the power plant in the early part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion into the neighboring country.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant was rocked by powerful explosions as the global nuclear watchdog warned Sunday that those responsible for the renewed shelling were “playing with fire.”
A plume of smoke rises during a fire caused by a Russian attack in Kherson, southern Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.Russian troops overtook the power plant early in President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the neighboring country.Ukraine’s state nuclear power operator, Energoatom, blamed Russian forces for the dangerous blasts, saying the shelling was consistent with the Kremlin’s strategy “to damage or destroy as much of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as possible as” winter gets underway.
Reactors that contain Uranium 235 are powered down, but it is feared nuclear fuel could overheat if the power that drives the cooling systems is cut off.
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