This was the big talk in chat last night with Russians nearly blowing up the largest power plant in the world that would've fucked up Russia due to the winds per 909 (irony would not have been lost)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western sanctions were akin to war as his forces pressed their assault on Ukraine on Saturday for a 10th day and the IMF warned the conflict would have a "severe impact" on the global economy.
www.reuters.com
"Officials said the fire at the Zaporizhzhia compound was in a training centre, not at the plant itself. An official at Energoatom, the state enterprise that runs Ukraine's four nuclear plants, said there was no further fighting, the fire was out, radiation was normal and Russian forces were in control.
Russia's grip on a plant that provides more than a fifth of Ukraine's electricity was a big development after eight days of war in which other Russian advances have been stalled by fierce resistance.
Only one Ukrainian city, the southern port of Kherson, has fallen to Russian forces since the invasion began on Feb. 24."