‘You know Chernobyl!’ – Ukrainian President, Zelensky chilling warning after Russian troops fire at nuclear plant

The Ukrainian President released a video statement to social media in the early hours on Friday condemning the Russian military’s actions after the power plant came under fire..

The 44-year-old leader compared the Russian artillery fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to the devastating Chernobyl disaster after the nuclear accident in Soviet occupied Ukraine took the lives of thousands.

Zelensky issues an urgent new message warning that Russian artillery fire at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant risks a nuclear radiation catastrophe that threatens the entire continent. “You know the word Chernobyl,” he says grimly. pic.twitter.com/j8OjaqdLXH

— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) March 4, 2022

He told his Twitter followers: “You know the word ‘Chernobyl’.”


Mr Zelensky accused the Kremlin of resorting to “nuclear terror” and wanting to “repeat” the devastating Chernobyl disaster which took place 35 years ago.

He said in a video message: “No country other than Russia has ever fired on nuclear power units.

“This is the first time in our history. In the history of mankind.

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