Russia targets Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant

Russian shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine’s eastern Enerhodar city set fire to a training building at the plant early on Friday. Ukraine’s state nuclear regulator said it detected no changes in radiation levels after emergency services put out the fire. Ukrainian officials said Russian troops seized control of the site, but the plant’s staff continues to run its operations. Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and accounts for about a quarter of Ukraine’s power supply. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a no-fly zone over his country as he warned an explosion at the plant “could be like six Chernobyls.”

Any concessions so far? Russian and Ukrainian delegates tentatively agreed to set up safe corridors inside Ukraine for evacuation and humanitarian aid during their second round of talks in neighboring Belarus. Both sides will meet again early next week, but Russia has shown no signs of ending its invasion. A Thursday Russian strike hit a residential part of the northern city of Chernihiv, where at least 47 people died. Ukrainian officials confirmed Russian forces have taken control of the government headquarters in the southern port city of Kherson, marking the first major city to fall to Russia. Heavy fighting also continued on the outskirts of Mariupol. Officials said that port city is now cut off from power, heat, water, and food deliveries.

Dig deeper: Read Addie Michaelian’s Compassion report on Ukrainian Americans hoping to evacuate their loved ones.