A Russian missile has blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. 9News
The industrial complex that includes the South Ukraine plant sits along the Southern Bug River about 300km south of the capital, Kyiv. The attack also caused the temporary shutdown of a nearby hydroelectric power plant, shattered more than 100 windows at the complex and severed three power lines, Ukrainian authorities said.
While warning Friday of a possible ramp-up of strikes, Putin claimed his forces had so far acted with restraint but warned "if the situation develops this way, our response will be more serious." Patricia Lewis, the international security research director at the Chatham House think-tank in London, saidand Monday's strike on the South Ukraine plant indicated that the Russian military was attempting to knock Ukrainian nuclear plants offline before winter.
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