Ukraine Reports Nuclear Research Facility Shelled By Russia

A man walks against a backdrop of fires as the Russian attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday (25/3/2022). (ANTARA/REUTERS/Oleg Pereverzev/aww)

JAKARTA - Russian troops opened fire on a nuclear research facility in the city of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian parliament said in a tweet on Saturday (26/3). that," said the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, who was quoted in the tweet. The inspectorate's website did not contain any news about the attack. In early March, the field where the Institute of Physics and Technology is located was hit by Russian artillery fire. At that time, the director general of the facility said, the core building housing nuclear fuel remained intact. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, has suffered several heavy bombings since the conflict began on February 24.