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Ukraine forces are shelling nuclear plant: Kremlin

STORY: Both Moscow and Kyiv have blamed each other for strikes on Europe's largest nuclear power station, which is controlled by Russian forces.

International alarm over weekend artillery attacks on the nuclear complex grew on Monday with Kyiv warning of the risk of a Chornobyl-style catastrophe and appealing for the area to be made a demilitarized zone.