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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Zaporizhzhia: Ukraine carries out nuclear disaster drill near Russian-occupied power plant

Ukrainian emergency responders attending a nuclear disaster drill in Zaporizhzhia

(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

A drill has been carried out in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia to prepare for the possibility of a nuclear disaster at a Russian-controlled power station.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe and ninth largest in the world - and has been under Russian control since it was taken over in March during the first weeks of the Ukraine invasion.

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