Ukraine has claimed Russia was behind an overnight strike on the plant, which is the site of the world's worst nuclear ...

Ukrainian President Zelensky has accused Russia of launching a drone strike on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant - with a ...

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A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter protecting Chernobyl's damaged nuclear reactor, Ukrainian President ...

A Russian drone has struck the vast protective shell covering the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine said on Friday.

Chernobyl's "sarcophagus" NSC was built to house the melted-down number 4 reactor immediately following the 1986 disaster ... According to images released by the IAEA, the armed drone punched ...

(Image: IAEA/X) The IAEA, posting on the social media site X, said their team at the site heard an explosion at around 01:50 local time coming from the New Safe Confinement (NSC) shelter, with photos ...

The outer shell that was struck is a protective cover built in 2016 over a heavy concrete containment structure. Soon after ...

A Russian drone pierced a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine early Friday, ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian drone struck the cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl ...

In 1986, a reactor at Chernobyl exploded during a botched safety test, resulting in the world's worst nuclear accident ... published images showing a drone on fire after crashing into the covering.