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'A new Chechnya'

Intense bombing provokes comparisons with conflicts in Syria and Chechnya, and a shell hits a nuclear plant.

Europe鈥檚 biggest nuclear powerplant is hit by shelling, but a nuclear disaster is avoided. We hear from 大象传媒 Monitoring鈥檚 Vitaly Shevchenko, whose mother鈥檚 balcony in Zaporizhzhia looks out on the facility.

Meanwhile in Kyiv, after a difficult night of air strikes, Max sends us a voice memo about his plans to leave the capital with his family.

Also, Victoria speaks to Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet, who is reminded of the destruction she saw in Allepo. And 大象传媒 international correspondent Andrew Harding describes how he saw similar tactics being used by Russian military while covering the Chechen wars.

This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Estelle Doyle with Chris Flynn and Natalie Ktena. The studio director is Emma Crowe. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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