Russian drone assault damages Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says

A basic view of the New Protected Confinement (NSC) construction over the outdated sarcophagus protecting the broken fourth reactor on the Chernobyl Nuclear Energy Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine
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A Russian drone assault brought about important harm to the radiation shelter of the Chernobyl nuclear energy plant in a single day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on Friday (February 14, 2025).

Chernobyl was the location of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster when one in all its 4 reactors exploded in 1986. That reactor is now enveloped by a protecting shelter, often known as a sarcophagus, to comprise the lingering radiation.

The Russian drone struck the shelter of the destroyed energy unit on the plant, inflicting a fireplace that has since been extinguished, he mentioned.

“As of now, radiation ranges haven’t elevated and are being consistently monitored,” Mr. Zelenskyy mentioned, including that an preliminary evaluation had discovered important harm.

“The one nation on the planet that assaults such websites, occupies nuclear energy crops, and wages struggle with none regard for the implications is at the moment’s Russia,” he mentioned.