Drone Damage to Chernobyl Roof

A protective shield at the Chornobyl nuclear plant in war-torn Ukraine,

built to contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster, can no longer
perform its main safety function due to drone damage, the UN nuclear
watchdog said, a strike Ukraine has attributed to Russia. The International
Atomic Energy Agency said an inspection last week of the steel confinement
structure completed in 2019 found the drone impact in February, three years
into Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, had degraded the structure. IAEA
Director General Rafael Grossi said in a statement the inspection “mission
confirmed that the (protective structure) had lost its primary safety
functions, including the confinement capability, but also found that there
was no permanent damage toits load-bearing structures or monitoring
systems.”

 RTE 6th Dec 2025 

 https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1206/1547589-chornobyl/

 Guardian 6th Dec 2025 

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/06/chornobyl-disaster-shelter-no-longer-blocks-radiation-and-needs-major-repair-iaea