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Russian forces started a fire at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the attack, accusing Russia of using the nuclear plant "to blackmail Ukraine, and all of Europe and the world."
"We are waiting for the reaction of the world, we are waiting for the reaction of the IAEA. Russia should be responsible for this," he said, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the Ukrainian-controlled military administration in the Nikopol district, said there were unofficial reports that Russian forces had set a large number of automobile tires on fire at the cooling towers.
He called it "a provocation, or an attempt to create panic" and assured that the plant "is operating as normally as possible under the conditions of the occupation".
Russia, in turn, accused Ukraine of starting a fire on the territory of the plant.
The Russian-appointed official in charge of the occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia, Yevgeniy Balitsky, said the fire occurred "as a result of shelling of the city of Enerhodar by the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
He also reported that there is no radiation threat to the nuclear plant or the city of Enerhodar.
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