Russian drone strikes spent nuclear fuel storage building at Chornobyl
X-Risk Daily
Monday 08 June 2026
Geopolitics & Conflict
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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