The protective covering that was placed around Reactor 4 in 2016 sustained a large hole by the unmanned aircraft. “Last night, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the ...

The IAEA, which has a team stationed at the site, did not assign blame but confirmed that its observers heard an explosion.

Chernobyl’s Reactor Four exploded during a safety test on April 26, 1986, leaking radiation that spread through the atmosphere to several parts of the Soviet Union and western Europe.

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION ... which was placed on the plant’s fourth reactor soon after the 1986 disaster. Both shells seek to prevent radiation leaks. The Ukrainian Emergency Service ...

A view of the containment vessel that protects the remains of reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant and built to contain radiation, after a drone attack in Chernobyl ...

According to its statement, IAEA was alerted to the explosion coming from the New Safe Confinement, which protects the remains of reactor four of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION ... which was placed on the plant’s fourth reactor soon after the 1986 disaster. Both shells seek to prevent radiation leaks. The Ukrainian Emergency Service ...

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Russia says its forces captured the village of Berezivka in their latest breakthrough in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, where Ukrainian defenses are creaking.