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A Russian bombardment hit the Zaporizhia

nuclear power plant , the largest in Europe, located in central Ukraine,

early Friday morning , causing a fire and affecting one of its units, said the spokesman for this plant.

"Following a shelling by Russian forces at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, a fire has broken out," spokesman

Andrei

Tuz said in a video posted on the plant's Telegram account.

"The firefighters cannot reach the place of the fire and extinguish it. The shells fall very close. The first electrical unit of the plant has already been affected. Stop this!" he added.

On Twitter, Ukrainian Foreign Minister

Dmytro Kuleba

called on the Russian military to stop firing immediately.

"The Russian army is firing from all sides on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. It has already caught fire," he tweeted.

"If it explodes, it will be ten times bigger than Chernobyl!

The Russians must stop the fire IMMEDIATELY, allow the firefighters to establish a safety zone," he warned.

Previously, on Thursday, Ukraine had indicated to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Russian tanks and infantry were very close to the city of

Energodar

, a few kilometers from the plant.

Launched in 1985, during the Soviet Union, the Zaporizhia plant has six reactors and supplies much of the country's energy.

In a statement Thursday, the IAEA's director general,

Rafael Mariano Grossi

, called for the use of force at Energodar and near the plant to stop immediately.

He also noted that the agency continued to assist Kiev and other actors to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, which

has 15 reactors in four different plants

.

On February 24, fighting broke out near the former Chernobyl power plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, which is now under the control of Russian troops.

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