What happened: On March 4, Russian soldiers continued attacking key energy-producing city in Ukraine by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia, causing a fire and increasing fears that radiation could seep from the damaged power plant. Click here to see Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba warns against the attack as ‘if it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chernobyl!’ Details: Shells were dropping directly on the Zaporizhzhia plant in the city of Enerhodar, according to plant spokesman, Andriy Tuz, who said one of the facility’s six reactors had caught fire. That reactor is now undergoing renovations and is not operational, but he claims there is nuclear fuel within. Why it matters: A government official told the Associated Press that excessive amounts of radiation were found near the plant, which generates approximately a quarter of Ukraine’s electricity. Recent: Firefighters can’t get close the fires because they’re being shot at, according to Tuz. Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, appealed to the Russians to halt the attack and allow fire teams inside. What you need to know: The strike reignited fears that the invasion might cause damage to one of Ukraine’s 15 nuclear reactors, triggering a repeat of the 1986 Chernobyl tragedy, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which occurred approximately 110 kilometres north of Kiev.