TOKYO -- The world held its collective breath on Friday, as reports emerged of fire breaking out at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, due to fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to receive an update on the fire. Biden also spoke with his administration's top nuclear security officials, who are monitoring the situation, the White House said. Ukrainian authorities said the fire has been extinguished, and that Russian forces have taken control of the site.
