You could have a great release of radioactivity. so if rockets were targeting a nuclear reactor, then i think they could quite successfully, you know, create a huge fire that could conceivably produce a large release. but i have not seen any evidence of attacks that produce the fire. maybe that s what happened, but again, it s, i think, a little hard to tell at this point. yeah, it would be, obviously, ideal for ukrainian authorities who apparently are still in control of this plant or still on site at this plant, if there are ukrainian firefighters there, must be ukrainian authorities there, you would think out of a sense of responsibility to the global community, getting as much information out as quickly as possible and not causing hysteria would be a good idea, trying to get as much information right now into
Of this fire. we don t know if it is in any place inside, anywhere that is potentially could lead to any kind of a release so i don t want to be overstating this, obviously a very alarming statement from ukrainian official, a tweet that went out, but again, there is an on going war. there is, if you look at it, there s a reason why they would want to put out a statement that is alarming and attention getting and may well be accurate but we want to be careful about what we are saying about this and saying there s a lot we don t know, we ll continue to follow that obviously very closely over the next several hours and bring you any information as we get it so we ll follow those developments from the nuclear power plant, largest in europe. also check with correspondents in the field. later, clarissa ward visits a children hospital where despite the shelling outside the caring has never stopped. we ll be right back. i grow als
Serious this may be? well, good question. i wish i had a good answer. i would say that there s so many uncertaintied uncertainties surrounding it but if i were doing my check list, first, where is the fire? and secondly, who is in control of the powerplant? it was reported that russians had taken control because of the concern about these risks, what it is they re fighting that gave rise to the fire or, you know, how did this come about? and then thirdly, what about the people who are trying to manage, put out the fire, given particularly the difficulties at night and with the uncertainty around it. and if there s fighting going on around chernobyl, around the facility, which i can t tell from the information available then obviously having firefighters trying to fput outa
Several days from russian attacks and now, it is said to be on fire. it is burning, firefighters reportedly cannot battle the blaze. these are live images you re seeing because of the continued shooting. ukraine s foreign minister tweeting a moment ago, tweeting directly from ukraine s foreign minister. russian army firing from all sides upon zaporizhzhia, npp largest nuclear power plant in europe. if it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than chernobyl. russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters to establish a security zone, explanation mark else mark, als residential apartment building under shelling. a local driver captured one such
Fire and gun fire at ukraine s largest nuclear plant, mo moments ago the international atomic energy tweeting iaea is aware of reports of shelling at zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, in contact with authorities about the situation. with kaitlan collins, you heard from the white house about this fire at the nuclear plant, what are they saying? reporter: anderson, they don t seem to know much more than we do, monitoring this trying to find out exactly what happened here, you see from the footage the fire is underway and we know reports from shelling and what ukrainian officials have said but they re still assessing the situation as we are, still waiting to see what the impact will be and given of course the potential for damage