A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant, causing damage and a brief fire. While radiation levels haven’t increased, the incident raises concerns about nuclear safety during the ongoing war. Ukraine blamed Russia, while Moscow denied involvement.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, a searchlight illuminates a hole in the roof of a damaged sarcophagus that covers the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant , in Chernobyl , Ukraine, on Feb. 14.A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, damaging the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia. The Kremlin denied it was responsible.
Fighting around nuclear power plants has repeatedly raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe during three years of war, particularly in a country where many vividly remember living through the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, which killed at least 30 people and spewed radioactive fallout over much of the Northern Hemisphere.
Zelensky said a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the plant’s outer shell and started a fire, which has been put out. The shell was built in 2016 over another heavy concrete containment structure, which was placed on the plant’s fourth reactor soon after the 1986 disaster. Both shells seek to prevent radiation leaks.
It was not possible to independently confirm who was behind the strike. Both sides frequently trade blame when nuclear sites come under attack. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described the drone attack as a “reckless” act by Kyiv and noted that Russia had been part of the international effort to build the structure that was hit.
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