A Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The strike hit the concrete shelter that covers the plant’s destroyed former fourth power unit,

It is stated that at about 01:50, the IAEA team at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant heard an explosion. As it turned out, a drone crashed into the roof near the protective shell over the destroyed reactor No. 4 at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. The hit caused a fire to break out.

A Russian attack drone struck the shelter surrounding the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Friday.