Growing Fears Of Nuclear Catastrophe After Ukraine Plant Attack

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Russia attacks and seizes the largest nuclear power plant in Europe triggering fears that the war in Ukraine could unleash a nuclear catastrophe. Ukraine’s president is calling it an act of nuclear terror. The U.S. embassy in Kyiv is calling it a war crime. The U.S. says Russia is using increasingly brutal methods in Ukraine. CNN is bringing you live continuing war coverage with our correspondents around the world. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:25.6	Go to Economist.com and get your first month free. Happening now breaking news Russia attacks and seizes the largest nuclear power plant in
0:39.2	Europe triggering fears that the war in Ukraine could unleash a nuclear catastrophe.
0:45.1	Ukraine's president is calling it an act of nuclear terror and the U.S. embassy in
0:49.5	Kyiv is calling it a war crime.
0:52.1	The United States says Russia is using increasingly brutal
0:55.5	methods in Ukraine. We're getting truly horrifying pictures of the
0:59.4	destruction in and around key of burning homes and neighborhoods in ruins.
1:04.8	CNN is bringing you live, continuing to our coverage with our
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1:14.8	and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. This is
1:25.0	the CNN breaking news.
1:28.0	We'll get to all the breaking news out of Ukraine in just a moment.
1:32.0	But tonight, President Velod Zellensky is lashing out at
1:35.6	NATO's refusal to create a no-fly zone over his war-torn country. In an online
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