Key facts
- A Russian drone struck a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chornobyl.
- The attack partially destroyed the facility's container reception building.
- No spent nuclear fuel was being stored at the facility at the time of the strike.
- A fire resulting from the strike was extinguished.
- Radiation levels remained stable.
- No injuries were reported.
A Russian drone targeted a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel located near the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, an attack Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as "extremely vile." The strike partially destroyed the facility's container reception building. Ukrainian state atomic agency Energoatom confirmed that no spent nuclear fuel was being stored at the site at the time of the strike. The International Atomic Energy Agency verified that the building damaged was used for storing nuclear material. Authorities also reported that radiation levels at the affected site did not deviate from normal parameters. A fire that ignited as a consequence of the drone attack has since been extinguished. No casualties or injuries have been reported in connection with the incident.