The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had been informed of the incident and that its team would inspect the site and assess the damage. The facility, located about 14.5 km from the Chernobyl plant, stores spent nuclear fuel from Ukraine's operating nuclear power stations. The strike caused significant damage to the fuel reception building, including its facade, windows and doors, while nearby structures were also affected by the blast wave, the IAEA said.

A Russian drone struck a building at Ukraine's Centralised Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) in Kyiv Oblast on the night of 6-7 June.

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.

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…

L'impianto contiene grandi quantità di materiale nucleare

Attacco nella notte al deposito di combustibile esaurito di Chernobyl. L'AIEA: livelli di radiazioni nella norma.

An overnight drone strike hit the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility, though radiation levels remain normal and no radioactive waste was present in the building.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will urgently dispatch its inspectors to the damaged Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF) in the Chornobyl…

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.

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…

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

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.

Drone attack near Chernobyl damages facility but causes no radiation spike

During a Russian strike on the territory of the Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the IAEA administrative building and the…

Russia fired waves of drones and other munitions at Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people and damaging a nuclear storage facility in the Chernobyl exclusion zone,…

A 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…

Ukraine accused Russia of striking a spent fuel storage facility in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and called on the IAEA to take immediate action.

Ukraine said early Sunday that Russia struck areas near the Chernobyl nuclear facility, hitting a building that holds spent nuclear fuel.