Russian forces hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine's Chernobyl power plant, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said June 7. He called the strike an "extremely vile" attack as international atomic energy monitors announced it did not lead to a spike in radiation.

At the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (CSNFSF), the container reception building was partially destroyed after being struck by a Russian drone on the night of…

The attack partially destroyed the repository's container reception building, though no spent nuclear fuel was being stored there at the time.

Russian drone attacks nuclear-fuel storage near Chornobyl; no fuel stored, radiation levels stable, Ukraine officials report.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has commented on Russia's strike on one of the buildings at the Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant on the…

KYIV: A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Ukraine’s disused Chernobyl power plant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, adding that radiation…

Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy, and all relevant agencies are working to ensure that international partners are informed about what President Volodymyr…

Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged attack on the facility, which is located around 9 miles from the Chernobyl plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it an "extremely vile" attack by Russia that did not lead to a spike in radiation.

At 02:10 on 7 June 2026, a direct strike by an enemy attack UAV was recorded on the Container Reception Building of the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility operated by…

Zelensky condemned the strike as “extremely vile,” saying Russia deliberately targeted critical nuclear infrastructure near Chernobyl.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called a Russian attack on a nuclear storage facility near Chernobyl "vile." The UN's nuclear watchdog said no increased radiation had…

International Atomic Energy Agency says it has been informed of the attack and will inspect the damage

The leader condemned the 'extremely vile' attack which damaged a building around nine miles away from the plant.

A Russian drone struck a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl, causing structural damage and sparking fears of nuclear risks, though radiation levels remain normal.

Moscow’s forces attacked 13 civilian facilities across Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

Attack was ‘extremely vile’ and deliberate, says Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Drone attack near Chernobyl damages facility but causes no radiation spike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Sunday of deliberately targeting the exclusion zone around the decommissioned Chernobyl nu...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns 'extremely vile' attack that did not lead to spike in radiation.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns 'extremely vile' attack that did not lead to spike in radiation.