Area around Ukraine nuclear plant hit again despite international pleas

There was no information on injuries or loss of life

A Ukrainian military tank drives down the road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine (David Goldman/AP)

There are new claims of Russia shelling close to Ukraine’s main nuclear station – hours after the latest international pleas to spare the area around Zaporizhzhya from attacks.

Nikopol, on the the opposite bank of the Dnieper River and about six miles downstream from the plant, came under fire three times during the night from rockets and mortars, hitting houses, a children’s nursery, bus station and shops, regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said.