A Russian Shahed drone struck the protective shelter built around the ruined reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, breaching the outer shell but not the inner shell.
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A Russian Shahed drone struck the protective shelter built around the ruined reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, breaching the outer shell but not the inner shell.
A Russian drone strike caused a through-and-through hole in the protective shelter, halting ongoing work under the arch.
The drone was launched from Belarus and came from the north.
Russia's drone strike caused a fire that burned the outer cladding of the shelter, although it did not cause a spike in radiation levels
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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.156Z
Source story: day-1087b-2025-02-15