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June 8, 2026

Russian drone strikes spent nuclear fuel storage building at Chornobyl

Also: Israel strikes Iran in defiance of Trump, threatening renewed Middle East war‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

X-Risk Daily

Monday 08 June 2026

Geopolitics & Conflict
Russian drone strikes spent nuclear fuel storage building at Chornobyl
On 7 June, a Russian Shahed drone struck a building used to store spent nuclear fuel at the decommissioned Chornobyl nuclear power plant, causing substantial damage to the facility's reception building and marking a dangerous expansion in the targeting of nuclear infrastructure.

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Transformative AI
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