At night, a Russian drone damaged the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, reported Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Later, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed the information, specifying that around 01:50, the IAEA team heard an explosion.
"The only state in the world that can attack such facilities, occupy the territory of nuclear power plants, and conduct military operations without considering the consequences is today's Russia. And this is a terrorist threat to the whole world," emphasized the President of Ukraine.
He reported that a drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the isolation structure over the fourth power unit of the nuclear power plant, a fire broke out, and it was extinguished. The sarcophagus received "significant" damage, but at the moment, the radiation level near the nuclear power plant did not increase, noted the President of Ukraine.
"Every night, Russia carries out such attacks against Ukrainian infrastructure and our cities. Russia continues to increase its army. Russia does not change its insane anti-human state rhetoric. And this means that Putin is definitely not preparing for negotiations. He is preparing to continue deceiving the world," believes Volodymyr Zelensky.
Photo: IAEA