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A nuclear plant is held hostage in Ukraine amid warnings of disaster

By Marc Santora and Andrew E. Kramer
New York Times·
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A nuclear plant is held hostage in Ukraine amid warnings of disaster
The spectre of a possible nuclear catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has gripped the world's attention. Photo / David Guttenfelder, The New York Times

In the winter darkness, tracer rounds from Russian armoured vehicles streaked past nuclear reactors and high-tension electrical lines. A fire broke out. Shrapnel sprayed a reactor containment vessel.

In the control room of Reactor No. 3, operators were horrified.

"Stop firing at the nuclear facility," one begged over the station's

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