A drone strike at Chernobyl has raised Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts. What are the dangers?
Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts have been stirred up again after a drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of the plant at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident. The strike on Friday did not breach the plant’s inner containment shell and radiation levels did not increase.
A drone pierced the outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal
A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Friday's strike damaged the shell and briefly started a fire.
Chernobyl radiation shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says
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.
A Drone Strike Has Hit Chornobyl and Set Fire to the Shield that Keeps Radiation at Bay
“Last night, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter protecting the world from radiation at the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant,” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said of the attack.
Killer Russian drone strikes Chernobyl nuclear reactor cover, Ukraine says
KYIV — A Russian attack drone struck the massive sarcophagus protecting the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear reactor, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Friday.
Ukraine claims Russian drone struck Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone struck the protective covering of the nuclear reactor that exploded at Chernobyl in 1986.
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