WorldA Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's disused Chornobyl power ‌plant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, adding that radiation levels at the site remained stable. Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged attack on the facility.A resulting fire was extinguished, and no injuries were reportedThomson Reuters · Posted: Jun 07, 2026 8:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 38 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A handout image from Ukraine's Energoatom shows damage to a spent nuclear fuel storage facility, following what the company said was a drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Chornobyl, Ukraine, in this undated image released Sunday. Reuters has verified the location. (Energoatom/Reuters)Russian forces deliberately struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's Chornobyl power plant, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, in an "extremely vile" attack that did not lead to a spike in radiation.The strike significantly damaged a fuel-reception building metres away from where "large amounts of nuclear material" is stored, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which said it had been briefed by Ukraine.Kyiv's state atomic agency Energoatom said no spent fuel had been stored in the building at the time of the attack. A resulting fire was extinguished, and no injuries were reported. Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged strike on the facility, which is located around 15 kilometres from the Chornobyl plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster."An extremely critical infrastructure facility — and an extremely vile Russian strike," Zelenskyy wrote on X. He added that Russia had used a Shahed attack drone.Ukraine marks Chornobyl anniversary amid fears of history repeating due to Russia warPutin cites 'rude remarks' in rejecting Zelenskyy's open letter request to meet for war talks"As of now, there are no readings exceeding normal background radiation levels. But there is certainly an increase in Russia's brazenness, which long ago went off the charts."In a statement, the IAEA said a team would soon visit the site "to inspect the impact."In February 2025, a Russian Shahed drone damaged a containment arch over the Chornobyl reactor that was destroyed in the April 1986 explosion and meltdown. Russia, which regularly attacks Ukrainian cities and infrastructure with drones and missiles, denied responsibility.Kyiv and Moscow have also traded accusations of attacking the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, Europe's largest.