Live Updates: Russians Seize Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant, Ukraine Says There was no immediate sign that radiation had leaked. Across the country, Russian forces are laying siege to cities and trying to control vital ports.

Live Updates: Russians Seize Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant, Ukraine Says

There was no immediate sign that radiation had leaked. Across the country, Russian forces are laying siege to cities and trying to control vital ports.

March 4, 2022, 5:58 a.m. ET10 minutes ago

Surveillance camera footage showed a flare landing at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex near Enerhodar, Ukraine, during shelling early Friday.Zaporizhzhya Npp, via Reuters

Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine have seized Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said on Friday, but a fire there that had raised worldwide alarms was extinguished. There had been worries that the fire could spread to nuclear reactors and lead to radiation leaks, but international monitors said Friday morning that there was no immediate sign that radiation had leaked during the battle for the plant.

Across Ukraine, Russian forces are pressing ahead, laying siege to cities and trying to control vital ports, and Western officials said Moscow’s forces were targeting civilians and critical infrastructure. Russia’s continuing gains in the south could make it harder for Ukraine’s army to fight in other parts of the country.