A Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Terrifying pictures show a gaping hole in the side of the Chernobyl sarcophagus after a alleged Russian strike hit the disaster site. President Zelensky pointed the finger at Russia, saying: "A Russian strike drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the shelter that protects the world from the radiation of the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant this night.

A Russian drone struck the containment shell protecting the radioactive reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, causing significant damage, Ukraine claimed Friday morning.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called the damage “significant” but said there were no signs of radiation leaks. A Kremlin spokesman denied that Russia had carried out the strike.

A RUSSIAN drone has slammed into the Chernobyl power plant and exploded in a horror attack on the nuclear disaster zone raising fears of a deadly radiation leak. The craft carried a

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A gaping hole was left in the protective shielding surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant after a glider bomb hit it with Russia and Ukraine pointing fingers at each other

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

A Russian drone armed with a "high-explosive warhead" has damaged a radiation shelter at Chernobyl 's nuclear power plant, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said this morning, just hours before officials from Russia and the US were set to meet for security talks in Munich.

Ukraine said a Russian drone crashed into the containment structure, starting a fire, but so far radiation levels have stayed constant.

An alleged Russian drone has hit the shield containing the contaminated materials at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.