Observers worry that such attacks hint at Russia's willingness to use nuclear retaliation to gain an upper hand in its invasion.
However, even though locals fear a potential"large-scale ecological disaster" from the attack, according to, a large nuclear accident at the institute is unlikely because the institute's reactor lacks the neutrons needed to activate the fuel cells as well as any highly enriched uranium onsite, nuclear analyst Matthew Bunn toldA Ukrainian regulator says Russia has committed"act of nuclear terrorism" by bombing the research facility at Kharkiv Institute of Physics and...
The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that the March 6 attack resulted in no increased radiation levels though,
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