Walking around a nuclear power plant in north-western Ukraine, it feels like there are as many soldiers as there are plant workers. The guns are an unnerving sight, but not unexpected — the border with Belarus is just 65 kilometers away. At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, employees at the Rivne nuclear power plant prepared for occupation, as Russian troops entering from Belarus swiftly captured the Chornobyl plant. Then, days later, the Russians did something even more egregious — th

Moscow has compromised Ukraine’s nuclear safety more than 127 times in four years, mostly at the Zaporizhzhia plant, Dixi Group said. In total, Russia has struck or shelled nuclear plants either directly or within the vicinity 25 times since 2022, and cut power lines connected to plants 23 times, according to the group.