Ukraine shows debris from drone used in attack near Chornobyl nuclear facility
Security Service of Ukraine recovers fragments of drone that attacked nuclear facility near Chornobyl (photo: t.me/SBUkr)
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has released photographic evidence of another Russian war crime — the remains of a Geran-2 drone used to strike the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Nighttime attack details
SBU investigative task force notes that Russian forces attacked the strategic facility at 2:05 a.m. on June 7.
Law enforcement officers have already recovered and documented individual components and fragments of the Russian kamikaze drone fuselage directly at the impact site.
The explosion caused significant damage to the administrative building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to facilities used for the receipt and transfer of spent nuclear fuel.
Remains of the drone used by Russia to hit a nuclear facility at the Chornobyl plant on the night of June 7 (photo: https://t.me/SBUkr/17746)
Remains of the drone used by Russia to hit a nuclear facility at the Chornobyl plant on the night of June 7 (photo: https://t.me/SBUkr/17746)
Remains of the drone used by Russia to hit a nuclear facility at the Chornobyl plant on the night of June 7 (photo: https://t.me/SBUkr/17746)
Remains of the drone used by Russia to hit a nuclear facility at the Chornobyl plant on the night of June 7 (photo: https://t.me/SBUkr/17746)
Now, investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine, under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, are carrying out a comprehensive investigation as part of criminal proceedings opened under Part 1 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"SBU investigators treat the Russian strike on the building of the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant as a war crime," the agency emphasized.
Safety situation, radiation levels
The SBU officially stated that Russia's latest attempt at nuclear blackmail did not result in critical consequences for the infrastructure at the facility. The drone strike had no impact whatsoever on the ongoing operations of the storage site.
Radiation levels at the plant and in the surrounding exclusion zone remain within normal limits. No fatalities or injuries were reported as a result of the enemy drone explosion.
Russian strike on nuclear facility near Chornobyl
Notable that on the night of June 7, a Russian drone hit the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in the Chornobyl zone.
The strike impacted the nuclear fuel storage facility near Chornobyl, partially destroying the building used to receive storage containers and sparking a fire. Energoatom later clarified that no spent nuclear fuel was stored directly inside that building.
Photos of the nuclear facility targeted by the drone near Chornobyl later surfaced online, revealing the extent of the damage to the site infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to another act of nuclear terrorism by Russia. He called the assault an unprecedented display of Russia's brazenness and stressed that Moscow had deliberately targeted a critical facility.
