Europe was ‘one step away from a nuclear disaster’

 Europe was ‘one step away from a nuclear disaster’ after Russian-held power plant was forced to be cut off from electrical grid and only back-up diesel generators prevented catastrophe

• Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was disconnected from the national power grid on Thursday
• Zelensky said the plant's emergency backup diesel generators had to be activated to supply the plant
• He accused Russia of nearly causing a 'radiation disaster' in the country still haunted by Chernobyl
• Three other power lines 'were earlier damaged during terrorist attacks' by Russian forces, said Ukraine

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of nearly causing a 'radiation disaster' after the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was temporarily cut off from the electrical grid because of fire damage.

  Mr Zelensky blamed Russian shelling and said the plant's emergency backup diesel generators had to be activated to supply power needed to run the plant. A loss of cooling could cause a nuclear meltdown.

  'Russia has put Ukraine and all Europeans one step away from a radiation disaster,' the president said in his nightly video address. 

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