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Russians seize nuclear plant after attack, Ukrainian officials say

The Ukrainian state company that runs the plant said the Russian attack had caused an unknown number of casualties.
Updated March 4, 2022 at 3:28 AM ET

Ukrainian officials said on Friday that fire at the largest nuclear power plant in Europe has been extinguished, but that the facility is now under Russian control from fighting that has left an unknown number of casualties.

Mayor Dmytro Orlov of Enerhodar, the town closest to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant in southeast Ukraine, posted a message on his Telegram account early on Friday saying confirming that the fire was out.

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