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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Noyce

Ukraine war map reveals Europe’s largest nuclear power plant ‘threatened’ after dam attack

AP

As Ukraine accuses Russia of decimating a major dam in the Moscow-seized area of Kherson, the country’s national energy company has warned of the risk to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

A video shared by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky early on Tuesday morning appeared to depict water gushing through the remains of the Soviet-era dam, built in 1956 on the Dnipro river. This footage remains unverified.

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