Russian Drone attack During the night caused serious damage to the new sarcophagus that protects what is left of the fourth reactor of his nuclear station Chernobylthe Ukrainian President denounced Volodimir Zelenskialthough he assured that no radioactivity level has been observed.

The incident occurred a few hours before the Munich conference began, where for the first time Zelenski will meet with US Vice President Jay Di Vance.

“Last night, a Russian aggressive drone equipped with a highly explosive head hit the sarcophagus that protects the world from the radioactivity of the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,” Zelenski wrote in X.

According to him, the fire that broke out was “extinguished” and “the level of radioactivity has not increased”.

On his side the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) He also announced to X that his team in Chernobyl had heard “an explosion coming from the sarcophagus” of the fourth reactor and was informed that it was a drone.

The metal sarcophagus affected covered Chernobyl’s reactor where an explosion occurred in April 1986.

It has been placed on another sarcophagus and the nuclear waste there.

The explosion occurred around 01:50 on Friday morning (local time and time in Greece), according to IAEA.

Zelenski posted images from the spot, mainly a video of the explosion and the fire.

One of the photos shows a hole in the metal construction and images taken from the top of the sarcophagus show broken dams and damaged equipment.

“Russia today is the only country in the world to attack such infrastructure, owned by nuclear power stations and fights without interested in the impact. This is a terrorist threat to the whole world, “Zelenski complained.