Shelling in the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant have raised persistent fears of a nuclear accident.

One of the 9 killed was an emergency official, and most of those wounded were police officers, emergency workers and soldiers.

The deadly attack came just a day after officials from around 40 countries gathered in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful settlement for the war in Ukraine.

The Russian barrage came after a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday.

The late Friday night strike was the second sea attack involving drones in one day after Ukraine struck a major Russian port earlier Friday.

Ukrainian says its sea drones have struck a major Russian port and damaged a warship as the Black Sea becomes an increasingly important battleground in the war.

Russian shelling has damaged a landmark church in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson that held the remains of Prince Grigory Potemkin until last year.

Russian officials have claimed that the repeated attacks on the capital region reflect failures in Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory.