About ‘nuclear terrorism’ Ukraine warns after strike near plant
In southern Ukraine on Monday a Russian missile blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant, hitting its three reactors but not damaging nearby industrial equipment. As an act of “nuclear terrorism” Ukrainian authorities denounced the move. The missile struck at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk in Mykolaiv province within 300 meters (328 yards) of the reactors, leaving a hole 4 meters (13 feet) wide and 2 meters (6 1/2 feet) deep, according to Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom. It said, no employees were injured and the reactors were operating. Ukraine might produce a radiation disaster but the proximity of the strike renewed fears that Russia’s nearly 7-month-long war. After the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant this nuclear power station is Ukraine’s second-largest, which has repeatedly come under fire. Vladimir Putin, Russian President, threatened last week to step up Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, following recen...