A Russian Shahed drone struck a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the disused Chornobyl nuclear power plant north of Kyiv. The attack caused substantial damage to the facility's reception building, although officials stated the structure was empty of containers at the time. In separate drone strikes, three people were killed at a bus stop in southeastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials and the UN's nuclear watchdog reported that radiation levels at the site remained stable following the incident. The IAEA confirmed that no increased radiation had been registered at the facility.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strike as a deliberate and extremely vile attack. The director general of the IAEA described the incident as deeply concerning because it occurred at a facility containing large amounts of nuclear material. Russia has not publicly commented on the alleged attack.