Fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as Ukrainian troops advance into Russia
Dark smoke plumes pour into the sky meters above a cooling tower at a Russia-occupied nuclear plant on Sunday 11 August.
A Russian governor claimed the fire began with Ukrainian shelling while Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin’s forces had caused the fire.
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog said experts “witnessed thick dark smoke” after hearing multiple explosions throughout the evening.
It comes as the Russian defence ministry said Ukrainian troops had advanced as much as 19 miles into Russia’s Kursk region in an audacious cross-border attack that began a week ago.
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31 comments
Chernobyl 2.0
Salut à tous, j'aimerais atteindre 1 000 avant mon anniversaire
Surely nuclear plants are off limits .
Tires burning that’s it, false Russian threats
I worked at nuclear power plants for years..The only thing those towers are made out of are concrete ad steel. there's nothing in there that can burn. Unless you put something in there and set it on fire. Judging from the thick black smoke. looks like Rubber. Like old tires. Don:t be fooled RUSSIA did this.
How close are we to World War 3?
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Zelensky has been warned before by the USA to stop attacking the Russian occupied plant.
Looks like Zelensky is going rogue again. Believing currently occupying 0.03% of Russia gives him the right to try and cause a disaster again.
BS .
Why are they entering? Are they not supposed to be "fighting" them away from territory in Ukraine? Oh wait we're already in a war. Our western leaders have yet to tell us yet I forgot.
Well, seems like ukrainian terrorists decided to become a nuclear terrorists.
I'm calling Russia out on this one. They want to scare the west into demanding Ukraine stops their advance so we can focus on a fake nuclear fallout threat
NATO and Ukraine gagging to get hold of or damage a NPP being the war against Russia has gone so badly for us.
Advance??
UKRAINE WANTS TO POISON THE WHOLE OF EUROPE WITH RADIATION .
Thats not a good thing
Are we really so stupid
Well Chynobyl is all im gonna say. .. could poison half of Northern Europe 😢
Tyres it is
A few Rich people are going to make life worse for soo many people 😢
There is nothing to burn in a cooling tower is there?
Big circle in case you missed it
Those Russians are gonna end up becoming Ukrainians unless they can produce the goods
As said, it is a cooling tower – nothing to burn there. If anything, the condensing water would be more inclined to prevent a fire. As others have said, probably a pile of tyres being burned for propaganda purposes!
Are you psycho,s promoting this
Please don't let these Ukrainians loose anywhere,
"Not great, not terrible…"
Has the tide turned?
Another chernobil?
NATO troops not Ukraine.
2 chernobil
It was only tires they burned in the cooling tower to scare everyone, it would have been nice if The Independent emphasized this.
Its not the Ukrainian Army its NATO kead troops 💯