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The head of the UN Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said on Friday that a training center at a Ukrainian nuclear plant had been hit by a "Russian missile".

Previous reports were contradicted as to which part of the station was damaged by the fire that broke out after the bombing.

Nuclear plant spokesman Andrei Tuz told Ukrainian television overnight that shells had fallen directly on the facility, setting fire to a malfunctioning reactor and an administrative training building.

Grossi explained that the building that was bombed was a training center "not part of the reactor."

He said the Ukrainians still controlled the reactor.

He added, "What we understand is that this projectile came from the Russian forces. We do not have details about the type of projectile."

He pointed out that there was no radiation release and that the fire was extinguished, and that two people were injured in the fire.

He said only one reactor at the plant was operating at about 60 percent of its capacity.

Grossi suggested a visit to Chernobyl to negotiate with Ukraine and Russia the issue of ensuring the security of Ukrainian nuclear sites.

Grossi told reporters: "I informed the two sides - the Russian Federation and Ukraine - that I am ready ... to travel to Chernobyl as soon as possible."

"Both sides are studying" the possibility, he added. Grossi said that the purpose of the visit is to discuss with the two sides the issue of protecting the security and operation of Ukrainian nuclear sites.

This comes after Kyiv announced earlier, on Friday, that Russian forces had entered the territory of Europe's largest nuclear plant after it was bombed at night that led to a fire in part of the facility, in an attack in which the Ukrainian president saw a resort from Moscow to "nuclear terror" that could expose continent at risk.

Hours after extinguishing the fire, the Ukrainian Nuclear Site Inspection Agency confirmed that it had not recorded any radiation leakage from the Zaporizhia nuclear facility in the south of the country, confirming that the crew ensured the operation of the site.

On February 24, Russian forces captured the site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which left hundreds dead and spread radioactive contamination across Europe.