Ukraine’s state-owned atomic energy organisation claimed on Tuesday that Russian missiles flew low over Europe’s largest nuclear power facility in southern Ukraine, reiterating fears that Russia’s incursion may result in a “nuclear catastrophe.”

On the 36th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe at the now-defunct Chornobyl facility in what was then Soviet Ukraine, Energoatom issued its latest warning about the hazards posed by the war with Russia.

According to the firm, cruise missiles flew above the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station during an air attack that targeted a commercial building in the city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least one person.

“Missiles lying at a low altitude directly over the site of the ZNPP (Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant), where there are 7 nuclear facilities with a huge amount of nuclear material, poses huge risks,” Petro Kotin, Energoatom’s acting chief, said.

“After all, missiles could hit one or more nuclear facility, and this threatens a nuclear and radiation catastrophe around the world,” In a statement made by Energoatom on the Telegram messaging service, he was reported as saying.

Energoatom stated that Russian forces, who have controlled the plant since March 4, have kept heavy equipment and munitions on the premises.

“Thirty-six years after the Chornobyl tragedy, Russia exposes the whole world to the danger of a repeat of the nuclear catastrophe!” it said.

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