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“Significant damage” in the structure that avoids radiation escapes in the central that starred in the Great Environmental Catastrophe of 1986, but has not been detected so far any increase in radiation. Russia denies responsibility.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this Friday that a Russian drone loaded with explosives has reached a structure that avoids radiation escapes at the Chernobyl nuclear center in northern Ukraine.
According to the presidency of Ukraine, the damage is significant, but radiation levels have not worsened so far. Also the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) confirmed that a drone has reached protection facilities of the Ukrainian nuclear central reactor, adding that no increase in radiation has been detected.
The 108 -meter -high arc steel structure covered the reactor in 2016 to lock the nuclear contamination caused by 1986 nuclear fusion near Pripyat in northern Ukraine, which caused a deadly environmental catastrophe throughout the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
“This protection structure was built by Ukraine in conjunction with other countries in Europe and the world, together with the United States, together with all those who are committed to the true security of humanity,” said the Ukrainian head of state.
The presidency of Russia rejected responsibility for the attack. “Any allegation of this type is not true, our military does not do that,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told journalists in Moscow.
AIAE did not assign guilt, Only stating that the United Nations team outstanding on the spot heard an explosion and was informed that a drone had reached the “protective wrapper.”
Zelensky accused Russia of being the only country in the world that occupies nuclear centers and makes the war without worrying about the consequences.
The Ukrainian President is expected to meet on Friday with the new US administration in Germany, following, which raised criticism in Kiev and with European allies.
After a long call call with Putin, almost 1 hour, held this Wednesday, Trump assures that the president accepted start the negotiations “immediately” For a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, CNN advances.
