RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE: Nuclear plant under Russian control, Microsoft pulls out and protests planned
RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE: Russian troops occupy Ukrainian nuclear power plant, Microsoft pulls out of Moscow, anti-war protests planned across world and Sainsbury’s stops selling Russian Standard vodka amid Ukraine crisis
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Russian troops today took control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after shelling it, as Downing Street issued a warning over the ‘safety of all of Europe’.
Russian forces hit the power station in the city of Zaporizhzhia overnight, with the attack continuing even as emergency services tried to put out the resulting fire.
Boris Johnson has called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council in light of the attack, as the plant’s staff continue to ensure its operations.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he feared that an explosion at the site would be ‘the end for everyone, the end for Europe, the evacuation of Europe’.
The assault prompted phone calls between Mr Zelensky and leaders including the UK Prime Minister, with the US activating its nuclear incident response team.
Vladimir Putin’s forces have launched hundreds of missiles and artillery attacks on cities and other sites around Ukraine and made significant gains in the south.
The Russians announced the capture of the southern city and Black Sea port of Kherson, which was the first major city to fall since the invasion began last week.
Heavy fighting continued on the outskirts of another strategic port, Mariupol, on the Azov Sea – which has knocked out the city’s electricity, heat and water systems.
Meanwhile the exodus from Ukraine continued, with the UN saying more than a million people having fled so far, a figure which could soon rise to four million.
Also this week, the UN’s human rights body voted 32-2 on a resolution to set up an expert panel to monitor human rights in Ukraine. Only Russia and Eritrea opposed.
And British supermarkets are committing to stop selling Russian-made vodka because of the war, with UK shoppers now searching for Ukrainian alternatives.
In addition, jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny today told Russians to protest against the war in Russian cities and across the world this Sunday.
In other news Microsoft is halting new sales of its products and services in Russia, the firm announced today in the latest fallout over the invasion of Ukraine.
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