Ukraine nuclear accident fears heightened

Updated August 21 2022 - 6:08am, first published 6:05am
New blasts rock Crimea, Russian missile wound 12 near Ukraine's second biggest nuclear plant. (EPA PHOTO)
New blasts rock Crimea, Russian missile wound 12 near Ukraine's second biggest nuclear plant. (EPA PHOTO)

New blasts have resounded in the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula and a Russian missile hit a residential area of a southern Ukrainian town not far from a nuclear power station, wounding 12 civilians, Russian and Ukrainian officials say.

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