CCTV footage of Russian attack on Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine

Russian invasion forces seized Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Friday (March 4) in what Washington called a reckless assault that risked catastrophe, although a blaze in a training building was extinguished and officials said the facility was now safe. READ MORE: https://str.sg/wsuV Surveillance camera footage from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant showed a building being bombarded with shells. The video verified by Reuters showed one building aflame and a volley of incoming shells before a large incandescent ball lit up the sky, exploding beside a car park and sending smoke billowing across the compound. Although the plant was later said to be safe and the fire out, officials worried about the precarious circumstances, with Ukrainian staff now operating under Russian control. An official at Energoatom, the Ukrainian state nuclear plant operator, said there was no further fighting and radiation was normal, but his organisation no longer had contact with the plant's management or control over potentially dangerous nuclear material. Russia's defence ministry also said the plant was working normally. It blamed the fire on a "monstrous attack" by Ukrainian saboteurs and said its forces were in control. SUBSCRIBE ➤ http://bit.ly/FollowST Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated -------------------- WEBSITE ➤ http://www.straitstimes.com TELEGRAM ➤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes FACEBOOK ➤   / thestraitstimes   TIKTOK ➤   / straitstimes   INSTAGRAM ➤   / straits_times   TWITTER ➤   / straits_times   PODCASTS ➤ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Video: Zaporizhzhya via YouTube/Reuters