Coveney: Attack on Ukrainian Nuclear Site is a 'new red flag' 

Simon Coveney said the assault concerns everyone on the continent who could have been impacted by a disaster there. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

The shelling of a nuclear power station in south-eastern Ukraine is a "new red flag" that the war does not just affect Ukraine and Russia, the foreign affairs minister has said.

Russian forces shelled the station - the biggest nuclear plant in Europe - in the city of Zaporizhzhia overnight, with the attack continuing even as emergency services tried to put out the resulting fire.