Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the Chornobyl nuclear plant.
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Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near the Chornobyl nuclear plant.
Ukrainian officials on Sunday said a Russian drone struck a nuclear fuel facility near Chernobyl, the site of the 20th century's biggest nuclear disaster. Zelensky's meeting with Ukraine's staunchest European allies comes as US President Donald Trump's focus has shifted to the war with Iran. Russian drone strikes killed three people at a bus stop in southeastern Ukraine and damaged a nuclear storage site near Chernobyl, officials said.
"An extremely critical infrastructure facility – and an extremely vile Russian strike," Zelenskiy wrote on X, adding that Russia had used a Shahed attack drone. A RUSSIAN drone has hammered an "extremely critical" nuclear fuel facility in Chernobyl - with Volodymyr Zelensky slamming the "vile" attack.
The Hill reported the story as "Russian drone hits nuclear fuel facility near Chernobyl: Ukraine." CBS News reported the story as "Russian strikes kill 3, damage nuclear fuel storage site near Chernobyl." RT reported the story as "WATCH Elite Russian drone unit hunt Ukrainian UAVs."
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8 sources have covered this story, including CBS News, RT, New York Post and The Sun US and 4 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
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WATCH Elite Russian drone unit hunt Ukrainian UAVs
Russian drone hits nuclear fuel storage facility near Chornobyl, Ukraine says
Russian drone strikes 'extremely critical' nuclear fuel storage facility at Chernobyl as Zelensky slams 'vile' attack
Starmer hosts Zelenskyy, Macron and Merz as Russian strikes kill 3 in Ukraine
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[03] Disputed1 outlet on the fringes add framings not corroborated by mainstream coverage.
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