Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure are endangering nuclear facilities across the country, including the decommissioned Chernobyl plant and the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station.

On October 1, a wave of Russian Shahed drones struck the northern city of Slavutych, the main power supplier for Chernobyl. The attack caused a three-hour blackout that disabled critical cooling and radiation monitoring systems at the site. Although power was later restored through alternate lines, Ukrainian officials stressed that repeated outages could jeopardize nuclear safety.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed a temporary disruption but said there was no immediate radiation risk. However, Zelenskyy accu

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