Ukrainian FM warns of 10 times larger explosion than in Chernobyl

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has tweeted that Russian troops are firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhya NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

“ Fire has already broken out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl! Russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters, and establish a security zone!” Kuleba said. 

Russia invaded Ukraine last week.

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!</p>&mdash; Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) <a href=”https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1499543775240196099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>March 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>