Europe one step away from radiation disaster, warns Zelenskyy 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 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 (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 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.

A blackout across the region on Thursday heightened fears of a catastrophe in a country still haunted by the Chernobyl disaster.