<span style="color: #222222;">Ukraine has claimed that a Russian missile struck near a nuclear power plant in southern part of the country. Ukraine's nuclear energy operator, Energoatom, in a statement said, the missile landed 300 metres from the Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant, however, did not damage its reactors.<br />''<br />''In response to the missile strike, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that it endangers the whole world and there is an immediate need to stop this before it's too late.<br />''<br />''According to media reports, the Pivdennoukrainsk plant is Ukraine's second-largest nuclear power plant. The largest, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, has been shut down since early September following shelling that Russia and Ukraine have blamed on each other.<br />''<br />''On other hand, Russia yestrday rejected Ukraine's accusations that Russian soldiers had committed war crimes in the Kharkiv region.<br />''<br />''Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that it is a lie claim and we will defend the truth in this story.</span><br />
News On AIR | September 20, 2022 2:17 PM
Ukraine says Russian missile struck near nuclear power plant