The Latest Breaking News from Zaporizhzhia

Biden says US and allies have ‘raised the costs’ on Russia over its aggression, as credit card giants Visa and Mastercard halt Russian business operations

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces pressed their offensive against key Ukrainian cities Friday in a heavy bombing and shelling campaign that has led to a ballooning humanitarian disaster, spurred a growing exodus of people and raised fears of a wider calamity after Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant was set ablaze.

Boris Johnson said ‘however long it takes, however arduous’, Russian president Vladimir Putin ‘must fail’.

Russian forces have taken control of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant after shelling the Zaporizhzhia facility in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar.

The United States and its allies are accusing Russia  of attacking Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant and putting the lives of millions of Europeans at risk of radiation fallout

Russia’s takeover of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine should spur companies and policymakers to be more careful in plans to build reactors to fight climate change, nuclear safety experts said on Friday.

'Don’t turn a blind eye on this'

Dozens of people have been killed in air strikes

Ukraine came close to a nuclear disaster after Vladimir Putin’s forces attacked Europe’s biggest atomic power plant. The strike on the ­Zaporizhzhia plant sparked fears of a ­radioactive catastrophe

U.S. indices traded lower after Russian forces in Ukraine seized control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Conflict escalation has continued to lift energy and oil prices amid supply concerns.

Ukraine-Russia news from March 5: Ceasefire fails in the key city, allegations of violations by both Russia and Ukraine.