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Energoatom: Russian cruise missile flew 'critically low' over nuclear power plant

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Calling the June 5 early morning missile attack "another act of nuclear terrorism," Ukraine's state-run nuclear company Energoatom said a Russian missile, similar to a Kalibr-type missile, flew just over the nuclear power plant in Mykolaiv Oblast, likely on its way to Kyiv. Even the smallest fragment of a rocket could cause a nuclear catastrophe, the company said.

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