According to its statement, IAEA was alerted to the explosion coming from the New Safe Confinement, which protects the remains of reactor four of the former Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The containment arch protecting the remains of reactor No. 4 at the former Chernobyl power plant, after a drone attack, in Ukraine, on February 14, 2025. EFREM LUKATSKY / AP A Russian Shahed drone ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the protective confinement shell of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv region early Friday mor ...