Shelling Near Ukraine Nuclear Plant Strikes Towns, Heightening Concern

For weeks, Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for firing artillery at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine, the largest power station in Europe, in a series of attacks that imperil not just the region, but also the whole world.

The strikes have heightened fears of a nuclear accident in this area, an expanse of farm fields along the banks of the Dnipro River. Already, Ukrainian officials have rushed to hand out potassium iodide to tens of thousands of people living near the plant. The drug can protect people from radiation-induced thyroid cancer. Read more

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