Chernobyl drone strike: Sarcophagus damaged but radiation stable
"Last night, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter protecting the world from radiation at the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant," stated Volodymyr Zelensky on social media.
"Last night, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter protecting the world from radiation at the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant," he informed on social media.
IAEA confirms
The radiation level after the explosion at the site of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine remains normal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported on Friday.
The IAEA stated on Portal X that radiation levels both within and outside the sarcophagus are stable and within normal limits, with no reported casualties.
The agency reported that during the night from Thursday to Friday, a drone hit the sarcophagus securing the remains of Reactor No. 4, destroyed in the 1986 disaster.
As IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi conveyed, the incident at Chernobyl and the recent increase in military activity around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar in southern Ukraine indicate ongoing nuclear safety threats.
