A military instructor teaches civilians holding wooden replicas of Kalashnikov rifles, during a training session at an abandoned factory in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 30, 2022. - As fears grow of a potential invasion by Russian troops massed on Ukraine's border, within the framework of the training there were classes on tactics, paramedics, training on the obstacle course. The training is conducted by instructors with combat experience, members of the public initiative "Total Resistance". (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Russia seizes Europe’s biggest nuclear plant in Ukraine

By Kashmir Age Online Last updated Mar 4, 2022

The Russian forces, Kyiv said, attacked the nuclear power plant – near power hub Energodar – that led to a huge fir, reported Hindustan Times.

While the blaze led to a huge alarm worldwide, prompting US president Joe Biden and UK prime minister Boris Johnson to dial Volodymyr Zelenskyy, authorities confirmed that the fire was doused and there were no radiation leaks.

Hours later, however, it was confirmed that the Russian forces had seized the plant.

The attack comes as Moscow continues its full-scale invasion in Ukraine despite both sides concluding their second rounds of talks in Belarus to discuss military and humanitarian issues and a future political settlement of the ongoing conflict.