Despite international criticism, Russian troops continued their campaign to cripple Ukraine on Friday, extinguishing a fire at Europe’s largest nuclear facility that was sparked by a Russian strike. No radiation was discharged, according to UN and Ukrainian authorities. A Russian missile targeted a training facility at the plant, which is based in the town of Enerhodar in south Ukraine, according to the director of the UN’s atomic agency.
Russia has gained control of the facility, according to the most latest response by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is in contact with authorities on the field. However, Ukrainian workers were still running the plant. The official nuclear authority in Ukraine previously said that no increases in radiation readings had been seen after the assault on the Zaporizhzhia reactor. No radioactive material was spilled, although two persons were hurt in the facility fire, according to IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
The strike sparked global outrage and brought up recollections of the planet’s greatest nuclear tragedy, which occurred in Ukraine’s Chornobyl.
The factory was shelled as the Russian military pushed on a crucial city near the complex on the Dnieper River, gaining headway in their quest to shut Ukraine off from the sea. That action would be devastating to Ukraine’s economic domain and might exacerbate the country’s already grave humanitarian crisis.
Damage inspection
Early reports were split as to whether the facility had one or multiple fires. Shells landed straight on the site overnight, according to nuclear plant spokeswoman Andriy Tuz, setting fire to nuclear reactor Number. 1, which is undergoing restoration and not operational, as well as an administration training structure. Just one reactor at the facility is operational, according to Grossi, and it is functioning at roughly 60% power.
Officials only mentioned a wildfire at the training facility when they declared all flames at the factory were already on Friday morning, which Grossi verified. The local military authority detected unidentified damage to reactor No. 1’s compartment but stated it had no bearing on the power plant’s safety.
