What's happened in Ukraine

Politics 12:40 04 Mar, 2022

Updates about Ukraine crisis so far 

What's happened in Ukraine

If you're just joining our live updates of the Ukraine crisis then, welcome. Here’s what Qazet.az reported for past couple hours;

  • A fire broke out at the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe's largest - after a Russian shelling attack. Ukraine responders have managed to extinguish the blaze
  • Ukraine’s State Emergency Services said there were no victims from the fire, which didn’t affect the reactor sites but a nearby five-storey training site
  • Russia’s attack sparked immediate condemnation from Western leaders who called it a “horrific” and “reckless” act that threatened the safety of all of Europe
  • Ukraine President Zelensky had hours ago called on other nations to take more action immediately againsty Putin's “nuclear terror”
  • He called on Europeans to “wake up” to the prospect of a global catastrophe like the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, and said Russia was the first country in history to try and bomb a nuclear power plant
  • Elsewhere, Russia is strengthening its campaign in the south of Ukraine, where it’s closing in on the key city of Mariupol after capturing Kherson two days ago.
  • Over a million refugees have now fled Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukaine have agreed to establishing “humanitarian corridors” to evacuate civilians