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The Russian forces have seized the largest nuclear plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrainian authorities announced. It came hours after a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia plant following a Russian attack. The fire was put out and the site is now safe according to officials. The world leaders accuse Russia of endangering the safety of the whole continent after its forces attacked the nuclear power plant.

Ukraine update
Ukraine update

, 04.03.2022, 10:01

The Russian forces have seized the largest nuclear plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, the Ukrainian authorities announced. It came hours after a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia plant following a Russian attack. The fire was put out and the site is now safe according to officials. The world leaders accuse Russia of endangering the safety of the whole continent after its forces attacked the nuclear power plant.


The strategic port city of Mariupol has been under consistent attack and Russia has so far seized one city in southern Ukraine, Kherson. Russia invaded Ukraine on 3 fronts, in the north, east and south and fighting continues around Ukraine.


More than 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the onset of the Russian invasion started on February 24.


The Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have agreed to organize humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians.


The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to have one-to-one talks, as according to him, this is the only way to end the war. (LS)

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