War

A fire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been "completely extinguished," a Moscow-installed official said on August 12. It was not clear what caused the fire, which started at a cooling tower of the plant at around 8 p.m. on August 11. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of lighting the fire, while Russian officials, including Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, accused Kyiv of deliberately trying to destroy the plant and sow "nuclear terror." The International Atomic Energy Agency, which has a presence at the facility, said there had been no reported impact on nuclear safety at the site.