Ukraine: Russian drone hits nuclear-fuel storage facility
Key takeaways
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called a Russian attack on a nuclear-storage facility near Chernobyl "vile." The UN's nuclear watchdog said no increased radiation had been registered at the site.
- The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said it had been informed of the attack and that radiation levels at the site had remained stable.
- The facility is located around 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Chernobyl plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called a Russian attack on a nuclear-storage facility near Chernobyl "vile." The UN's nuclear watchdog said no increased radiation had been registered at the site.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Exyw The Chernobyl accident of 1986 remains one of the worst man-made disasters in the history of nuclear energy Image: Kyrylo Chubotin/Avalon/Photoshot/picture alliance Advertisement A Russian drone has struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the disused Chernobyl (Chornobyl) plant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.
The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said it had been informed of the attack and that radiation levels at the site had remained stable.