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Ukrainian authorities announced Sunday that a Russian drone attack targeted a nuclear fuel storage building located near the abandoned Chornobyl nuclear power plant, though radiation measurements at the location have remained normal.<\/p>

According to statements from Ukraine’s General Staff and the country’s atomic energy agency, the strike partially demolished a building designed for receiving containers, though no nuclear fuel was being housed in the structure when the attack occurred.<\/p>

Officials reported that a fire broke out following the strike but was successfully put out, with no casualties recorded from the incident.<\/p>

Moscow has not issued any public response regarding the alleged strike on the facility, which sits approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) away from the Chornobyl plant, known as the location of history’s most catastrophic nuclear accident.<\/p>

“This is not the first time Russian forces are putting Ukrainian nuclear facilities at risk,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X.<\/p>

“Russia’s nuclear blackmail and threats to nuclear safety are systemic, deliberate, and unacceptable.”<\/p>

Earlier this year in February 2025, a Russian attack drone caused damage to a protective structure covering the Chornobyl reactor that was destroyed during the April 1986 disaster and subsequent meltdown. Russia has rejected claims of responsibility for that incident.<\/p>

Both Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of launching attacks against the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant located in southeastern Ukraine, which stands as Europe’s largest nuclear facility.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian officials report a Russian drone attack damaged a nuclear fuel storage facility close to the Chornobyl power plant on Sunday. While the building was partially destroyed and caught fire, no radioactive material was stored there and radiation levels remain normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":77895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780824096680.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-kgo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55629,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/russian-missiles-flying-near-chornobyl-nuclear-site-ukraine-officials-say\/","url_meta":{"origin":77896,"position":0},"title":"Russian Missiles Flying Near Chornobyl Nuclear Site, Ukraine Officials Say","author":"Admin","date":"April 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ukraine's top prosecutor says Russian forces have repeatedly sent missiles and drones near the abandoned Chornobyl nuclear facility, creating risks of a catastrophic accident. 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