Rosatom reports drone strike meters from Zaporizhzhia reactor building

What happened

• The drone hit the gallery linking all six power units, a walkway for personnel, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said.
• The impact point lay several meters from the reactor building of power unit No. 3.
• On Thursday, 30 July, an unexploded drone was found near the dry spent fuel storage, Rosatom said.
• On Friday, 31 July, a drone hit a five-storey house in Energodar; five apartments burned, one woman died.
• Plant management says staff control all safety parameters and the radiation background stays within natural limits.

The view from outside

All available accounts come from Rosatom, the plant's Russian management and the state agency TASS. No Ukrainian, Western or IAEA reporting on the incident is in the source set.

What could happen next

• Neither the strike nor the reported spent fuel storage attempt is confirmed outside Russian state channels.
• Rosatom says attacks now fall inside the plant perimeter, close to safety-critical facilities.
• Open whether the strikes on Energodar and the plant site continue at the pace reported since 27 April.