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Russian shelling blamed for Zaporizhzhya nuclear blaze

The fires - now under control - didn't affect the facility's core buildings in Europe's biggest nuclear plant.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine accuses Russia of "nuclear terror" after it shelled the country's biggest nuclear power station; a nuclear analyst considers the possible motive for such an attack.

Also to the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa which is threatened by Russian warships - we speak to a member of parliament there.

And yet more diplomacy over Ukraine as European Union Foreign Ministers meet later today in Brussels.

50 minutes

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  • Fri 4 Mar 202206:06GMT