Russia struck the spent fuel storage near Chernobyl — Zelenskyy called it a deliberate strike
Russian forces struck the area near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, hitting one of the buildings of the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage. This was announced by the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
According to the head of state, the facility is an element of critical nuclear infrastructure.
“Today, the Russians again struck the special territory around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A 'Shahed' hit one of the buildings of the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage. The facility is extremely critical infrastructure. And it was an extremely vile Russian strike,” Zelenskyy noted.
He reported that currently specialists from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Energy, and relevant services are informing international partners about the incident.
The President emphasized that the strike was specifically on a nuclear infrastructure facility and called it deliberate.
“Russia deliberately struck this nuclear infrastructure facility. As of now, there is no exceedance of radiation background norms. But there is definitely an exceedance of the already sky-high Russian audacity,” he said.
According to Zelenskyy, after the attack, Ukrainian rescuers promptly extinguished the fire at the affected facility.
He also stressed the need for new international steps in response to Russia’s actions so that, in his words, “the Russians feel that their terrorist war is a blow to Russia itself.”
The President reported that last night strikes were also recorded on civilian objects in 13 regions of Ukraine. Overall, during the week, according to him, Russia used 88 missiles, over 3,250 strike drones, and about 1,800 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine.
Zelenskyy emphasized the need to increase pressure on Russia.
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