Russian troops have seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian authorities say.

“Operational personnel are monitoring the condition of power units,” a local authority said on social media, quoted by Reuters news agency.

Station personnel continue to work and monitor the state of the power units, it said.

A fire broke out at the plant earlier – Europe’s largest – after a Russian shelling attack.

Emergency services in Ukraine have said that they have extinguished a fire at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant of Zaporizhzhia.

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