Russian drone attack damages Chernobyl nuclear plant's protective shield, no radiation leak reported

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A protective shield over the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been struck overnight by a Russian attack drone carrying a high-explosive warhead, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

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00:00A Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead has struck the protective shell of Chernobyl's

00:05nuclear reactor, according to Ukrainian authorities.

00:11President Zelensky says the key region was attacked overnight and the drone hit the safe

00:16confinement of the destroyed fourth reactor unit of the nuclear power plant.

00:21He added, however, that although the confinement sustained significant damage, the fire was

00:26extinguished and radiation levels have not increased.

00:31Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought repeated warnings of dangers to Ukraine's

00:35four nuclear plants, especially at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia plant in southern Ukraine.

00:44Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the strike on Chernobyl

00:50and military activity near the Zaporizhia plant have left the UN agency on high alert.

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