The Latest Breaking News from Zaporizhzhia

Zaporizhzhia power plant was attacked in the early hours of this morning, prompting accusations from Ukraine's president that Vladimir Putin wants a nuclear disaster on the scale of Chernobyl

Russian forces shelled the power station in the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Vladimir Putin faced a global outcry on Friday after Russian forces attacked a nuclear power plant, sparking a blaze which Boris Johnson warned could have “directly threatened the safety of all of Europe”.

Europe's largest nuclear power plant was hit by Russian shelling early Friday, sparking a fire and raising fears of a disaster that could affect all of central Europe for decades, like the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown. Concerns faded after Ukrainian authorities announced that the fire had been extinguished, and while there…

The director-general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency has offered to meet Ukrainian and Russian officials in Chernobyl.

Russian shelling causes damage but safety of compound not affected, officials insist

If there is anyone left wondering why Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine should matter to them, the Russian bombing of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — the largest in Europe — should answer that question.

Russia claimed control over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility following fierce fighting during the early hours of this morning.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was briefed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the fire at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during the night, and that immediate fears of severe consequences had not materialized.

The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog says there has been no release of radiation at the Ukrainian nuclear plant that was targeted. International Atomic Energy Agency director-general said that the agency has been in contact with the Ukrainian nuclear regulator and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after a building…

Russia's seizure of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant has raised fears about access to radiation data, atomic experts said, although they stressed they did not see immediate radiological risks and a U.N. watchdog said its reactors were undamaged.