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The fragments of a Russian attack drone with an explosive warhead that hit the New Safe Confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Photo:

Damaged power line at Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant a ‘deep source of concern’

UN nuclear watchdog the IAEA has said the situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is a “deep source of concern” after a power line was damaged.

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Ukraine resumes fire suppressing efforts on Chernobyl nuclear plant after smoke detected

Firefighters in Ukraine have resumed efforts to put out smoldering fires on the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, as workers start dismantling part of the plant’s protective structure, which was damaged by a Russian drone attack.

Rescuers inspect damage at the site of a Russian drone attack. Photo: Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Risk of radioactive leak from Chernobyl, chief engineer cited as saying

There is a risk of a radioactive leak from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, the site’s chief engineer has been cited as saying, after reports that a Russian drone hit one of the plant’s protective domes.

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Zelenskyy warns of ‘unexpected deadly threats’ during Chernobyl’s 38th anniversary address

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 38 years ago today showed the world how quickly and unexpectedly deadly threats can appear.