Energoatom releases video of Russian missile flying over nuclear power plant

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - SUNDAY, 5 JUNE 2022, 17:16

Energoatom, the national nuclear power operator, has released a video of a Russian Kalibr missile flying over the Pivdennoukrainska (South Ukrainian) nuclear power plant in Mykolaiv Oblast on Sunday morning.

Source: Energoatom

Quote: "Video footage from the surveillance cameras at the Pivdennoukrainska nuclear power plant, which recorded a Russian missile flying over the plant at 5.30 am today.

This is probably one of the missiles that hit Kiev this morning."

Previously: At about 6 am on 5 June, five explosions were heard in the Livyi Bereh (Left Bank) area of Kyiv. The capital’s mayor Vitali Klitschko reported missile strikes on infrastructure facilities in the Darnytskyi and Dnipro districts of the city.

According to preliminary data, Russian troops launched the missiles from Tupolev Tu-95 aircraft from the Caspian Sea. One missile was destroyed.

Energoatom stated that a Russian Kalibr missile that had been launched at Kyiv flew critically low over the Pivdennoukrainska nuclear power plant in Mykolaiv Oblast.

Ukrzaliznytsia, the Ukrainian railways, confirmed that Russian troops hit the Darnytskyi car repair plant on Sunday, but none of the "tanks" mentioned by Russian propaganda are there.