A nuclear plant caught in the midst of intense combating between Ukrainian and Russian troops was quickly disconnected from the facility grid Thursday when fires broken the only real transmission line, Ukraine officers mentioned.
It was the primary time the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, Europe’s largest, has ever been disconnected. It led to a big blackout throughout the area and elevated issues a few nuclear disaster.
“Russia has put Ukraine and all Europeans one step away from a radiation catastrophe,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned in his nightly video handle.
The harm compelled the 2 reactors nonetheless in use to