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A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Ukraine, early Friday after shelling in the area by Russian forces, ...

And "not all fires in a power plant, have catastrophic consequences," he said. The worst-case scenario would be if a fire or attack reached the reactors, disrupted their cooling system and caused a meltdown, which would release large amounts of radioactivity. But the plant has not sustained any "critical" damage, Tuz said.

Fire reported at nuclear plant after Russian shelling, as France warns 'worst is yet to come' based on Macron call with Putin.

In a call with Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin dismissed as “propaganda fakes” reports of missile strikes on large cities. “After all, we fought together in 1986 against the Chernobyl catastrophe.” A third round is set to take place next week. The situation “continues to be extremely tense and challenging,” he said. Mariupol remains encircled, Russian soldiers entered Mykolayiv, and Kharkiv, the country’s secojnd city, was again heavily shelled. Russian troops have seized Europe’s largest nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia after a fire sparked by heavy shelling, Ukrainian authorities said.

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“We hold a responsibility to the people of the Arctic, including the indigenous peoples, who contribute to and benefit from the important work undertaken in the Council.” "If there's a message to the people of Ukraine, it would make a difference. “It means Russia will no longer have a race in the future." "It also outlines a number of authorities needed to provide maximum flexibility in supporting Ukraine, our European allies and partners, and other emergent global needs." The mayor said Russian troops had established a "military commandant's office." According to a statement from the U.K. government, Usmanov has had significant interests in English football clubs Arsenal and Everton, as well as owning luxury real estate. The indictment says Hanick worked for Malofeyev from 2013 until at least 2017 to create a Russian cable TV network and a Greek TV network. He said that the next round of talks could lead to agreements, some of which would need to be ratified by Russian and Ukrainian parliaments. But Kobolyev argues that there's sufficient oil production capacity in the U.S. and the global market to withstand the blow. In late 2017, T&R Productions registered as a foreign agent for the Russian government, according to a Justice Department release. "If there is an explosion it is the end for all of us," he said. "I think this is a significant progress," Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s chief negotiator in the talks, told reporters.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has urged military forces on the ground to refrain from violence near the site.

The fighting has sent more than a million people fleeing Ukraine. At least 227 civilians have been killed and 525 wounded, according to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, though it acknowledged that is a vast undercount. According to US defence officials, Russia has fired more than 480 missiles since the beginning of the invasion. A Russian column of hundreds of tanks and other vehicles still appeared to be stalled roughly 25km (16 miles) from Kyiv, having made no real progress in days. From Kherson, Russian troops appeared to be directed towards Mykolaiv, another key Black Sea port and shipbuilding centre to the west. The shipbuilding city of 290,000 people allegedly fell after a three-day siege that left it short of food and medicine. “They will have not one quiet moment.”

A third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will take place early next week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed Thursday.

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich confirmed Wednesday he’s trying to sell the Premier League Chelsea soccer club, with a price tag of at least $2.5 billion floated. The Justice Department previously announced a new initiative to go after Russian oligarchs. A poll commissioned by Finnish broadcaster YLE this week showed for the first time more than 50% of Finns support joining the Western military alliance. The White House announced new sanctions Thursday aimed at people in Putin’s inner circle. Rescue crews were forced to suspend their search in the wreckage because of renewed shelling. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has said more than 2,000 civilians have died, though it’s impossible to verify the claim. Ukrainian media reports said Russian troops had also entered the southern city of Enerhodar, a major energy hub on the Dnieper River that accounts for about one-quarter of the country’s power generation. The move would need the approval of member states, which have already expressed broad support. Earlier this week, the White House announced sanctions against Russia and its ally, Belarus, including export controls aimed at Russia’s oil industry. The United Nations announced 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian assault started. Heavy fighting is continuing on the outskirts of another strategic port city on the Azov Sea, Mariupol, plunging it into darkness, isolation and fear. The corridors will include cease-fires along the path, said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelenskyy.

Ukraine has defied the odds and remains in control of cities under fire, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Mariupol.

The actual number of those killed and wounded will almost certainly be considerably higher and will continue to rise, it said. “The situation is quite critical,” he said, adding that it was difficult to estimate how many people had been killed in hours of shelling and air raids because they could not collect all the bodies. Despite heavy Russian shelling, the cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol remain in Ukrainian hands, the department said. He said people could not leave because of the damage to trains and bridges. He said that the next round of talks could lead to agreements, some of which would need to be ratified by Russian and Ukrainian parliaments. “It is important for our Ukrainian community members to know that they are supported locally, even as they worry about their family and homeland from afar,” the Rev. Ronald Popivchak said in a statement. “We will gather to pray and advocate for an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of the Russian military.” Battles escalated across Ukraine on Thursday as Russia laid siege to major cities, stepping up assaults in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance. He called on the civilian population to build barricades in cities, hold rallies with Ukrainian flags, and create online networking groups. “The goal was to maximize the impact on Putin and Russia and minimize the harm on us and our allies and friends around the world. Our interest is in maintaining the strongest unified economic impact campaign on Putin in all history, and I think we’re well on the way to doing that.” “There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe.”

Ukrainian troops have mounted a stiffer-than-expected opposition to a superior force in the early days of the war. But U.S. officials say it may not last.

But the Ukrainians have taken advantage of their ability to move reinforcements rapidly and counterattack.” “In city defense and skirmishing on the outskirts of cities, Ukrainian forces are doing quite well,” said Michael Kofman, director of Russia studies at CNA, a defense research institute. “The Ukrainians have just been much smarter about this than the Russians.” But they are advancing on winding roads and their flanks and supply routes are overly exposed to Ukrainian attacks. From the invasion’s opening hours, Ukraine’s underdog military has sought to flip the script on the more than 150,000 Russian forces massed on its borders. Not only have the Ukrainians moved more nimbly, they also made good choices about where to concentrate firepower. The United States has provided more than $3 billion in weapons, equipment and other supplies to Ukraine’s armed forces since 2014. Leaders in Kyiv then assigned those soldiers to conventional units, allowing them in turn to train a larger portion of the army. And while the Ukrainian government has publicized its victories and Russian attacks that killed civilians, it has said far less about battlefield losses of its mechanized units. In the meantime, though, Ukrainians are turning into a nation at arms. Over the long term, U.S. officials said, it will be difficult for Ukraine to continue to frustrate the Russian advance. The Ukrainians are also exploiting a bungled beginning to Russia’s all-out assault.

Fire broke out near a key nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, southeastern Ukraine, after Russian forces shelled the plant. Tentative agreement to set up safe ...

She called the fight against Russia a "matter of survival" and said civilians are being killed in the Russian attacks. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced regret for civilian casualties, insisting that the military is only using precision weapons against military targets, despite abundant evidence of shelling of homes, schools and hospitals. From Kherson, Russian troops appeared to roll toward Mykolaiv, another major Black Sea port and shipbuilding centre to the west along the coast. But the U.S. believes that Russian forces have not yet taken over the city. The search for more victims in the rubble was suspended because of renewed shelling. He said a heating system site damaged by Russian shelling on Wednesday would be fixed during the day. "Hour by hour, minute by minute, more people are fleeing the terrifying reality of violence," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said in a statement. "The next day, they wake up, and they have to flee with really very little, over long distances in freezing conditions." Video showed flames and black smoke rising above the city of more than 50,000, with people streaming past wrecked cars, just a day after the UN atomic watchdog agency expressed grave concern that the fighting could cause accidental damage to Ukraine's 15 nuclear reactors. There are then what appear to be bright muzzle flashes from vehicles and then nearly simultaneous explosions in the surrounding buildings. Earlier, an official in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office said the reactors had not been damaged and radiation levels were normal. The IAEA reported it had been informed by Ukraine's regulator that there was no change in radiation levels at the plant.