Russian troops are dropping the largest nuclear power plants in Europe in Ukraine.
“We demanded that they stop heavy firearms,” Andriy Tuz, a spokesperson for plants in Enerhodar, said in the video posted on the telegram. “There is a real threat of nuclear danger at the largest atomic energy station in Europe.”
The factory accounts for about a quarter of the Ukrainian power plant.
Tuz told Ukrainian television that the shell fell directly at the Zaporizhzhia plant and had burned one of the six facility reactors. The reactor was under renovation and was not operating, but there was nuclear fuel in it, he said.
The firefighters could not approach the fire because they were shot, Tuz said.
Live-streamed security cameras that have been linked from the homepage of nuclear power plants showed what appeared as an armored vehicle rolling into the parking lot of facilities and shining spotlights in the building where the camera was installed. Then there was what a bright snout looked flashing from the vehicle and then almost a simultaneous explosion in the surrounding buildings. Smoke then went up and drifted across the frame.
The fight in Enerhodar, a city on the Dnieper River which contributed a quarter of the country’s power plant, came when other talks between the two parties produced a tentative agreement to establish a safe corridor in Ukraine to evacuate residents and provide humanitarian assistance.
The Mayor of Enhodar said the Ukrainian troops fought against Russian troops on the outskirts of the city. Videos showed fire and black smoke rose above the city more than 50,000, with people who drew broken cars, only a day after atomic atomic supervisor agents declared great concern that the battle could cause eternal damage to 15 Ukrainian nuclear reactors.