Ukraine warns of 'nuclear terrorism' after strike near plant
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Russia launched more missiles near a Ukrainian nuclear power plant on Monday. Ukrainian authorities are denouncing the move as 'nuclear terrorism"
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant, also known as the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, in the southern Mykolaiv region of Ukraine, May 31, 2022. A Russian missile strike hit a facility close to the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, causing no damage to its reactors but damaging other industrial equipment in what the country's atomic energy operator denounced as an act of "nuclear terrorism." (Planet Labs PBC via AP) (Planet Labs PBC via AP) In this photo provided by the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, broken windows are seen in an industrial area building of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant after a Russian rocket strike 300 meter from the plant close to Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolayiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant Press Office via AP) (South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant Press Office via AP) In this photo provided by the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, broken windows are seen in an industrial area building of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant after a Russian rocket strike 300 meter from the plant close to Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolayiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant Press Office via AP) (South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant Press Office via AP) A member of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine enters in the basement of the train station fortified with sand bags that, according to Ukrainian authorities, was used as an interrogation room during the Russian occupation in the retaken village of Kozacha Lopan, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Alina Orobchenko's house is seen destroyed after a Russian attack last month in Prudyanka village, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. It's really hard to decide what to do next. It's impossible to plan for the future", says Orobchenko while she stands over the debris of her house. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A man steps down the ladder as he works on the roof of a house that sits in front of trenches in the Rus'ka Lozova village, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian servicemen check the site where a body of a Ukrainian soldier was found inside an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen remove the body of a Ukrainian soldier from an armored vehicle in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen crouch as a de-miner checks if a body of a Ukrainian soldier is booby-trapped in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard serviceman checks for unexploded devices during an operation to rescue bodies of Ukrainian soldiers in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen examine the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen carry bags containing the bodies of two Ukrainian soldiers in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A damaged helmet is seen on the ground of a site where four bodies of Ukrainian soldiers where found in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Ukrainian national guard servicemen carry a bag containing the body of a Ukrainian soldier in an area near the border with Russia, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. In this operation seven bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were recovered from what was the battlefield in recent months. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
The reactors were operating normally and no employees were injured, it said. But the proximity of the strike renewed fears that Russia's nearly 7-month-long war in Ukraine might produce a radiation disaster.
This nuclear power station is Ukraine’s second-largest after the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has repeatedly come under fire.
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