BBC News
A Russian drone has hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl’s damaged nuclear reactor, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
The overnight strike at the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident caused a fire that has since been extinguished, he added.
The UN’s nuclear watchdog (the IAEA) said radiation levels inside and outside Chernobyl were normal and stable – but later the plant’s chief engineer, Oleksandr Titarchuk, said the possibility of radioactive substances leaking “now exists”.
Russia has denied any claims it attacked Chernobyl, stating its military does not strike Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure and “any claims that this was the case do not correspond to reality”.
