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Russian forces seize huge Ukrainian nuclear plant, fire extinguished

Russia Ukraine Conflict Live News, Russia Ukraine War Crisis News Today, 4 Mar: Heavy fighting is continuing on the outskirts of a strategic port city on the Azov Sea, Mariupol.

Russia Ukraine Crisis Live: Russian forces seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe after a building at the complex was set ablaze during intense fighting with Ukrainian defenders, Ukrainian authorities said Friday. Fears of a potential nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia plant had spread alarm across world capitals, before authorities said the fire in a building identified as a training centre, had been extinguished.

Meanwhile, fighting intensified in southern Ukraine as Kherson became the first city to fall into Russian hands as shelling continued in Mariupol, Chernihiv and Kharkiv. Heavy fighting is continuing on the outskirts of a strategic port city on the Azov Sea, Mariupol. The Russian military says it controls Kherson, and local Ukrainian officials have confirmed Russian forces have taken over local government headquarters in the Black Sea port of 2.8 lakh people.

Meanwhile, a member of Ukraine’s delegation sent to speak with the Russians said both sides have agreed to establish corridors for civilians to safely leave combat zones. The corridors will include cease-fires along the path, said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy.

Explained: The fire at Ukraine’s nuclear power plant and the risks it pose

A fire had broken out in Europe’s largest nuclear power plant located in Zaporizhzhia following fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Ukraine’s state emergency service said Friday. News agency Reuters reported that a “training building” in the plant compound caught fire, and luckily, the reactors were not hit and there was no indication of elevated radiation levels so far.