INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
agency said Friday."Last night, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the shelter protecting the world from radiation
at the destroyed 4th power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media."The
Currently, radiation levels have not increased," he added.The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed an explosion at the New
levels inside and outside the facility remain normal and "stable."The IAEA, which has maintained a team at Chernobyl since the early stages
of Russia's full-scale invasion, published images showing the drone on fire after crashing into the shelter."The only country in the world
that attacks such sites, occupies nuclear power plants, and wages war without any regard for the consequences is today's Russia," Zelensky
said.Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched more than 100 drones across the country overnight, including attack drones targeting
northern regions where the Chernobyl plant is located.Moscow later denied that its military struck the nuclear plant.The Chernobyl disaster
occurred in 1986 when a reactor exploded during a botched safety test, sending radiation across Europe and forcing tens of thousands to
Soviet authorities initially covered up the catastrophe before later downplaying its severity.To contain the radiation, a concrete and steel
sarcophagus was built over the damaged reactor
sarcophagus.AFP contributed reporting.
