Russian drone strikes nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl, no radiation leak reported

A Russian drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the Chernobyl exclusion zone near Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities reported. Firefighters extinguished the resulting fire, and officials stated that radiation levels remain within normal parameters, denying any risk of radioactive contamination. The incident occurred in the Kyiv region, where the decommissioned Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is located within a restricted zone established after the 1986 nuclear disaster. The attack represents another escalation in Russia's ongoing military campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure, raising concerns about the safety of nuclear facilities during the conflict that began with Russia's invasion in February 2022.