LVIV, Ukraine: Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday (Friday in Manila) of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief.

A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders and UN chief Antonio Guterres cautioned during talks with Erdogan that any damage to the plant would be akin to "suicide."

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