A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's disused Chernobyl power plant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, adding that radiation levels at the site remained stable.
In separate statements, Kyiv's General Staff and the state atomic agency said a container-receiving building had been partially destroyed, but that no spent fuel had been stored there at the time of the attack. A resulting fire was extinguished, and no injuries were reported.
Russia yet to comment on alleged attack
Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged attack on the facility, which is located around 15km from the Chernobyl plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned the attack on social media, stating: "This is not the first time Russian forces are putting Ukrainian nuclear facilities at risk. Russia's nuclear blackmail and threats to nuclear safety are systemic, deliberate, and unacceptable."
Previous incidents at Chernobyl
In February 2025, a Russian attack drone damaged a containment arch over the Chernobyl reactor that was destroyed in the April 1986 explosion and meltdown. Russia denied responsibility for that incident.
Kyiv and Moscow have also traded accusations of attacking the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southeastern Ukraine, Europe's largest nuclear facility.
