© CopyrightAuthorities report a fire broke out on August 11 at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in southern Ukraine. The Zaporozhye plant has been put into cold shutdown as a precaution while emergency workers fight to extinguish the blaze.
The fire broke out following a Ukrainian attack on the nearby city of Energodar on Sunday and affected the plant's cooling systems, Balitsky said in a statement. The plant's six reactors were placed in a state of "cold shutdown" as a precaution, the governor continued, adding that there is "no threat of a steam explosion or other consequences."
"Emergency workers are working at the scene of the fire, and the sources of ignition have begun being eliminated," Balitsky said.
Comment: One could be forgiven for thinking that Israel and Ukraine are competing with each other over who can escalate their war fronts most, and which provoke a response from the multinodal world first.
It's also notable that this occurred on the day of the Olympics closing ceremony: