Russia attacks Ukraine nuclear plant as invasion advances

 Russian forces turned on the largest nuclear plants in Europe on Friday, triggered fire when they pressed their attacks on the city of Ukraine which produced important energy and obtained their offer to cut the country from the sea.

The leading nuclear authority is noticed - but not panic - about damage to power plants. Assault triggered a telephone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelskyy and US President Joe Biden and other world leaders. The US Department of Energy activates its nuclear incident response team as a precautionary measure.

Attacks in Eastern City Enerhead and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant took place when the invasion entered the second week and the round of other negotiations between the two parties produced a tentative agreement to establish a safe corridor to evacuate residents and provide humanitarian assistance.

Andriy Tuz's nuclear plant spokesman told Ukrainian television that the shell fell directly at the facility and had burned one of the six reactors. The reactor was under renovation and was not operating, but there was nuclear fuel in it, he said.

The firefighters could not approach the flame because they were shot, he said, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted to Russia to stop the attack and let the fire fighting team in it.

"We demanded that they stop heavy firearms," ​​Tuz said in a video statement. "There is a real threat of nuclear danger at the largest atomic energy station in Europe."

The attack renewed concerns that the invasion could damage one of the 15 Ukrainian nuclear reactors and began other emergencies such as 1986 Chernobyl accidents, the worst nuclear disaster in the world, which occurred around 110 kilometers (65 miles) north of the capital.

US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Tweeted that the Zaporizhzhia Plant reactor is protected by a strong detention structure and is closed safely.

In an emotional speech in the middle of the night, Zelskyy said he was afraid of the explosion that would be "the end for everyone. End for Europe. European evacuation."

"Only an urgent action by Europe can stop Russian troops," he said. "Don't let the death of Europe from a disaster in nuclear power plants."

But most experts don't see anything to show the disaster to come.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said the fire did not affect important equipment and that Ukrainian nuclear regulators reported no change in the level of radiation. The American nuclear community agrees, saying that the latest radiation level remains at a natural background level.

"The real threat to the life of Ukraine continues to become invasion of violence and bombing of their country," the group said in a statement.

Jon Wolfsthal, who served during the Obama administration as a senior director for weapons and nonfoliferation controls in the National Security Council, said the factory reactor had a thick concrete detention dome that had to protect them from artillery tanks and shots.

But he is also worried about the potential to lose power at the factory, which can hinder his ability to keep nuclear fuel cool.

The Mayor of Enhodar said earlier that Ukrainian forces fought against Russian forces on the outskirts of the city. Videos showed fire and black smoke rose above the city more than 50,000, with streaming people past the car destroyed.

Before the shooting, the Ukrainian state atomic energy company reported that the Russian military column was heading to the nuclear plant. Hard shot and rocket fire sounded late Thursday.

"Many young men in athletic clothes and armed with Kalashnikovs have come to the city. They destroy the door and try to get into the apartment of the locals," said a statement from Energoatom.

Then, the security camera directly connected from the Zaporizhzhia plant veranda shows what appears as a armored vehicle rolling into the parking lot of facilities and shining spotlights in the building where the Cam