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Russian drone hits nuclear fuel site near Chernobyl

A Russian drone hit a storage site for spent nuclear fuel near the
Chernobyl power plant on Sunday, the latest in a series of incidents that
have raised fears of a nuclear incident as the Ukraine war drags on.

Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom said the drone hit the reception
area of a heavily secured facility overnight, triggering a fire that was
quickly extinguished. No casualties were recorded while radiation levels
remained “within normal limits”, the company said. “Russia
deliberately struck this particular nuclear infrastructure facility,”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X.

The new attack comes as
Zelenskyy was set to meet in London UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer,
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron, as
the European leaders seek to spearhead a new effort to revive peace
negotiations with Russia.

FT 7th June 2026 https://www.ft.com/content/3c109ff1-e1cd-42c9-86b2-5e5bfb4671e5

June 12, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war