Ukraine-Russia war latest: Chernobyl hit by drone attack as Zelensky warns Putin plotting war on Nato allies
A Russian drone armed with a “high-explosive warhead” has damaged a radiation shelter at Chernobyl’s nuclear power plant, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said this morning, as world officials meet for security talks in Munich.
Mr Zelensky said the drone struck the protective shell of reactor four at the plant, causing a fire that has since been extinguished. Initial assessments, he said, showed damage to the shelter was significant.
The shell is a protective cover designed to limit the release of radioactivity from the destroyed reactor. The International Atomic Energy Agency said today no rise in radiation levels had been detected. The Kremlin has denied attacking the plant.
Meanwhile, in Munich today, US vice-president JD Vance is meeting Mr Zelensky after Donald Trump announced the start of talks to end the Ukraine war.
The Ukrainian president warned that Russia could be preparing for war on Nato countries as he laid out the importance of the US backing Kyiv during peace talks.
Mr Zelensky said: “I think that he [Vladimir Putin] is preparing the war against Nato countries next year. I think so, but I don’t know, I don’t have 100 per cent. God bless, we will stop this crazy guy.”
