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Russian troops attack Europe’s largest power plant in Ukraine, sparking fire: officials...The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, was on fire early on Friday after an attack by Russian troops, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar said.

A Ukrainian government official told The Associated Press elevated levels of radiation are being detected near the site of the plant.

There has been fierce fighting between local forces and Russian troops, Dmytro Orlov said in an online post, adding that there had been casualties without giving details.

“As a result of continuous enemy shelling of buildings and units of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire,” Orlov said on his Telegram channel, citing what he called a threat to world security. He did not give derails........“We demand that they stop the heavy weapons fire,” Andriy Tuz, spokesperson for the Zaporizhzhia plant, said in a video posted on Telegram. “There is a real threat of nuclear danger in the biggest atomic energy station in Europe.”

The plant accounts for about one quarter of Ukraine’s power generation.

Orlov said Ukrainian forces were battling Russian troops on the city’s outskirts. Earlier, Ukrainian authorities reported Russian troops were stepping up efforts to seize the plant and had entered the town with tanks.

Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter that Russian forces were “firing from all sides” of the plant. He warned an explosion there would be “10 times larger than Chernobyl,” and called on the Russians to establish a security zone and allow firefighters through.