Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine have classified a Russian drone strike on the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant as a war crime.
According to Ukrinform, the SSU announced that a criminal investigation has been opened under Part 1 of Article 438 of Ukraine's Criminal Code, which concerns violations of the laws and customs of war.
"The SSU investigative team established that the Russian armed forces carried out the strike using a Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicle at 02:05 a.m. on June 7. Some elements of the drone have already been recovered at the impact site," the statement said.
The explosion damaged the building used for the reception and transfer of spent nuclear fuel, as well as the administrative building of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Authorities noted that the attack did not affect the storage facility's operational processes.
