US EditionUkraine Accuses Russia on 40th Anniversary of Chornobyl
Ukrainian officials said Russia fired 144 drones overnight, killing three people and wounding at least four in strikes across multiple regions.
- On Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "nuclear terrorism," marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster amid deadly overnight drone attacks across Ukraine.
- Russian drones regularly pass over Chernobyl, Zelensky noted, with one hitting the protective shell last year as he warned Russia is "again bringing the world to the brink of a man-made disaster."
- International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi joined commemorative events, warning that shell damage raises radioactive leak risks and stating "repairs should start as soon as possible and that leaving the situation as it is now is problematic."
- Overnight Russian drone strikes across Ukraine killed three people and wounded four others, part of relentless barrages the nation has faced almost nightly since the 2022 invasion began.
- Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom, successor to the Soviet atomic energy ministry that managed the facility, stated that remembering the 1986 disaster requires taking past experience into account to prevent similar catastrophes.
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Nuclear weapon: Russia bringing world to brink of man-made disaster - Zelenskyy warns
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of engaging in “nuclear terrorism” as he commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl reactor disaster on Sunday. Zelensky stated that Russia is “once again bringing the world to the edge of a man-made catastrophe”. He noted that Russian drones frequently fly over Chornobyl, with one having struck its protective shell last year. Rafael Grossi, the director general of the Internati…
Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "nuclear terrorism" on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident on Sunday, while Ukraine is experiencing new Russian deadly strikes.
Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the most serious in civil history, the memory remains intact. On 26 April 1986, the explosion of reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, then located in Soviet Ukraine, had caused global panic and the displacement of thousands of people. The risk of a new nuclear accidentOn the occasion of the commemorations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced the "nuclear terrorism" of his Russ…
Zelenskyy Accuses Russia of 'Nuclear Terrorism' on Chornobyl ...
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