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‘Russian’ drone smashes gap in Chernobyl protecting defend and begins hearth

By Editorial Board Published February 15, 2025 5 Min Read
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‘Russian’ drone smashes gap in Chernobyl protecting defend and begins hearth

A drone with an explosive warhead has smashed a gap within the radiation defend on the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

The plant’s chief engineer, Alexander Titarchuk, stated there was a “possibility of a leak of radioactive substances, but the situation is under control”.

“The barrier which was supposed to prevent the spread of radioactive substances has ceased to function according to its original design,” he added.

Ukraine conflict newest: Anger after Vance’s Munich speech

Emergency crews have been seen scaling the roof to restore the injury after a hearth briefly broke out.

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Staff have been seen on the roof making an attempt to restore the injury. Pic: AP

Nevertheless, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the UN Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company (IAEA) stated radiation ranges hadn’t elevated after Friday’s incident.

The company additionally stated there was no injury to the plant’s internal containment shell.

Mr Zelenskyy advised the Munich Safety Convention the strike was a “very clear greeting from Putin and Russian Federation to the security conference”.

Chernobyl was famously the location of the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986, with radioactive fallout spewing over a big a part of Europe.

Its reactors are actually encased in an enormous protecting construction resembling an plane hangar.

Pic: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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The strike tore a gap within the protecting defend. Pic: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Ukraine blamed Russia for the drone strike – however Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the declare, saying “our military doesn’t do that”.

The IAEA didn’t attribute blame and solely stated its crew stationed there had heard an explosion. It has not been doable to independently affirm who was behind the strike.

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, the biggest in Europe, has additionally been often hit by drones in the course of the conflict – however fears of a significant accident have up to now not materialised.

The Chernobyl strike got here just a few days after Donald Trump stated he would meet Vladimir Putin to start out peace negotiations after speaking to the Russian chief on the telephone.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to reporters at the Munich Security Conference

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‘Putin is getting ready a conflict towards NATO’

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth cautioned this week any peace deal could be unlikely to see Ukraine regain all of the territory taken by Russia since 2014 and likewise poured chilly water on the prospect of it becoming a member of NATO.

Getting again the stolen land is one thing President Zelenskyy has lengthy insisted on – and the assertion raised issues over Ukraine being sidelined in negotiations.

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Mr Zelenskyy advised the Munich convention on Friday he wouldn’t negotiate with Mr Putin till the US and Europe had agreed a standard plan.

However he stated he did not imagine the US had a transparent approach ahead but.

He additionally stated he thinks his nation ought to have a military of 1 and a half million, with fashionable weapons, if its ambition to affix NATO is denied.

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