Russian Forces Seize Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant; NATO Says It’s Not Seeking War With Moscow

Russian forces are not backing down anytime soon as they just attacked Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine in the early hours of Friday, causing a fire to break out at an adjacent training facility.

Ukraine’s nuclear agency says Russian military forces have taken control of the facility in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

The bombardment triggered international condemnation and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will call for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the attack.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defended calling for Russians to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, saying it would be the quickest way to end the war in Ukraine.

In an interview on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends,” Graham said he hopes someone in Russia will understand that Putin is “destroying Russia and you need to take this guy out by any means possible.”

The comment came after he floated the suggestion in a Fox News interview Thursday night and again on Twitter.

“Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?” Graham tweeted, referring to Julius Caesar’s assassin and the Nazi officer who tried to kill Hitler. “The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out. You would be doing your country — and the world — a great service.”

Meanwhile, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance is not seeking a war with Russia, adding that Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine had “created a new normal for our security.”

“NATO is a defensive alliance. Our core task is to keep our 30 nations safe,” Stoltenberg said after an extraordinary meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

“We are not part of this conflict and we have a responsibility to ensure it does not escalate and spread beyond Ukraine because that would be even more devastating and more dangerous, with even more human suffering.”