Russian drone hits nuclear fuel facility near Chernobyl: Ukraine
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A Russian drone struck the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in Kyiv Oblast near Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant on June 6-7. The container reception building was partially destroyed, though no spent nuclear fuel was stored in the struck building and radiation levels remained within normal parameters according to Ukrainian authorities and the IAEA. President Zelenskyy condemned the attack as a deliberate targeting of critical nuclear infrastructure, characterizing it as "extremely vile."
Ukrainian officials on Sunday said a Russian drone struck a nuclear fuel facility near Chernobyl, the site of the 20th century's biggest nuclear disaster.
The facility was hit by a Shahed drone, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who called the strike "extremely vile." He said Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and...