07-12-2025 19:56 via metro.co.uk

Chernobyl’s main shield preventing nuclear fallout down after Russian drone strike

Chernobyl nuclear reactor’s shield has been damaged by a drone strike earlier this year (Picture: AP)A Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear reactor has damaged its main shield, according to a UN watchdog.The massive structure, which was built over the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster, has lost its ‘primary safety functions, including the confinement capability’, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors found.
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