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Rosatom says Ukrainian drones hit the laboratory building and the radioactive waste processing facility at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant overnight into Monday. The plant reports normal background radiation; Ukraine's response is not yet reported.
The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station, has been under Russian control since the early weeks of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Moscow and Kyiv regularly accuse each other of attacks on the site, raising international concern about nuclear safety.
Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev says Ukrainian drones struck the laboratory building and the radioactive waste processing facility at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant overnight into Monday. The plant says background radiation remains normal and Likhachev sees no threat to nuclear safety; Ukraine's response is not in the available reports.