The reactor site is located within a large restricted area known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The original Soviet-era Russian name is Объект «Укрытие» (Obyekt Ukrytiye), [4] which means …

Feb 14, 2025 · A Russian drone has hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl's damaged nuclear reactor, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The overnight strike at the site of the …

Ukraine’s president says a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead struck the protective shell of Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Video footage shared by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows …

Dec 6, 2025 · In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which was painstakingly built at a cost of €1.5bn ($1.75bn) next to the destroyed reactor and then hauled into …

Feb 14, 2025 · KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the protective containment shell of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv region during the night, Ukrainian …

Mar 29, 2025 · For weeks, the Ukrainian authorities have been looking for ways to repair a large hole in the protective shell that covers the fourth reactor of the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Feb 15, 2025 · Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that a drone armed with a warhead struck the protective outer shell of the Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, creating a hole in the …

Feb 14, 2025 · CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, damaging …

Dec 6, 2025 · IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in a statement the inspection "mission confirmed that the (protective structure) had lost its primary safety functions, including the …

Built between May and November 1986, the Shelter Structure was an emergency measure to confine the radioactive materials within reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.