Russia is continuing to bombard Ukraine.

13:44, Wed, Apr 22, 2026 Updated: 13:47, Wed, Apr 22, 2026

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Chernobyl (Image: Getty)

Russia has fired missiles near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine as Kyiv's state prosecutor warns this could spark a nuclear disaster.

Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko told Reuters this amounted to Russian terror.

The International Atomic Energy Agency watchdog has previously warned that such attacks risk a "nuclear accident."

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