President Volodymyr Zelensky has blasted Vladimir Putin for launching missiles over Ukraine’s three nuclear power stations and said Russia’s occupation of Chernobyl shows "no one in the world can feel safe’, writes dailymail.co.uk.

Yesterday - the 36th anniversary of the world’s worst civil nuclear power disaster at the plant when its fourth reactor caught fire and exploded on April 26, 1986 - Russia sent rockets over Chernobyl and two other functioning nuclear power stations - Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi - in Ukraine.

Zelensky denounced Russia’s actions and said Moscow’s total disregard for nuclear safety showed that "no one in the world can feel safe".

Ukrainian leader said Russian troops had stolen equipment used to measure radiation, adding: “I believe that after everything that Russian troops did in the Chernobyl zone and at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, no one in the world can feel safe knowing how many nuclear sites, nuclear weapons and relevant technologies Russia has. If Russia forgot what Chernobyl is, it means that total control over Russian nuclear sites and technologies is required”.

Zelensky, in his nightly video, said Russia’s conduct after taking over the plant meant “it appears they have no understanding what Chernobyl is at all”.