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On the 11th local time, Yevgeny Balitsky, the head of the Zaporizhia region appointed by the Russian side, said:The Ukrainian army shelled the city of Energodar, where the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant is located, causing a fire in the cooling system facilities of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Balitsky stressed that all six units of the nuclear power plant are currently in cold shutdown.There is no threat of explosion or other consequences, radiation levels near the nuclear power plant and the city of Energodard are normal.

Russian emergency department staff are currently extinguishing the fire at the scene. The situation has been brought under control and will not have any impact on the nuclear power plant and nearby residents.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said that Ukraine's action was a nuclear threat to the European continent.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media:It was Russia that set fire in the area of ​​the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant., currently the radiation indicators of the nuclear power plant are normal.

Zelensky also said that Ukraine is currently waiting for the response from the world and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Russia should be held responsible for this. (CCTV reporter Wang Bin Wang Jinyan)