A powerful explosion was heard recently in the capital of Ukraine, as reported by the SKAI envoy in Kyiv.
Roadblocks have been set up in Independence Square, while Ukrainian soldiers are on standby. It is the last line of defense of Kiev. In other places they have planted mines on the road.
The curfew starts at 8 in the morning.
Meanwhile, Russia’s armed forces have seized the Zaporizhia nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine, local officials said today.
“Operational personnel are monitoring the condition of the reactors,” they said on social media, adding that efforts to ensure operation were following safety rules.
Ukraine announced that the Russian forces bombed the nuclear plant in the early hours of Friday, causing a fire in his building. The fire was extinguished earlier this morning.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – who had contacts with US President Biden – has accused Russia of “nuclear terrorism”, saying it wanted to “repeat” the Chernobyl disaster.
“I ask you to come to your senses, immediately stop firing at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”
Ukrainian officials say Europe’s largest nuclear plant caught fire after Russian troops began shelling the facility early Friday https://t.co/OrjrRfHZ2F pic.twitter.com/qoynM4fEme
– Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) March 4, 2022
“We warn the world that no country other than Russia has ever opened fire on nuclear power plants. It is the first time in our history, the first time in the history of mankind. “This terrorist state is now resorting to nuclear terrorism,” Zelenski said.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian emergency services announced that the fire at the nuclear plant broke out in a building used for training of workers, outside the perimeter of the facility.
The plant’s manager said no radioactive leaks were detected from any of the reactors.
VIDEO: Ukraine nuclear plant on fire after Russian shelling.
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was on fire Friday after the station came under fire from invading Russian forces, with Ukraine’s foreign minister demanding an immediate ceasefire at the site to avoid disaster pic.twitter.com/AkVuT9dizu
– AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 4, 2022
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for an immediate ceasefire at the plant.
However, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that the Ukrainian Atomic Energy Commission had not identified “any change” in the level of radioactivity at the nuclear plant.
The largest nuclear plant in Europe, in Zaporizhia, was at the center of the Russian bombing in the early hours of the morning, while the Russian invasion of Ukraine has now entered its ninth day.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has accused the Russian military of firing on the plant from all sides.
He said a fire had already broken out and warned that if there was an explosion at the facility, things would be ten times worse than at Chernobyl, where one of the worst nuclear accidents in history took place.
The head of the Ukrainian diplomacy demanded that the Russian armed forces immediately cease fire, allow firefighters to intervene in the factory and set up a security perimeter.
The perceived level of radioactivity at the site of the nuclear plant in Zaporizhia, in central Ukraine, remains unchanged, reports the Russian news agency RIA, citing a representative of the Ukrainian facility.
The agency, citing a spokesman for Ukraine’s emergency services, also said that the fire that broke out due to Russian fire was outside the perimeter of the facility and that one of the power plants at the station had been shut down.
Chaos prevails in Mariupol, which is under siege by the Russian army. The eastern part of the city was bombed by rockets.
A Ukrainian official stressed that Russian troops are located just outside it Kharkiv.
In Hersonissoswhich is under Russian control, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry announced that the TV tower is in Russian hands and warned residents of an attempt to spread false news and propaganda.
The ministry assured residents that “the government will never hand over a single inch of the country.”
Meanwhile, 33 people were killed by the Russian blow against two schools and houses in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, as announced by the rescue service.
The US Pentagon has announced that 90% of the troops on the Ukrainian border have entered Ukrainian territory.
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