Drone strike damages Chernobyl protective shelter, repairs estimated at €500 million

Chernobyl's protective shelter has been damaged by a drone strike, with repairs estimated at around €500 million. Separately, on 7 June 2026, a drone struck the fuel reception building at a spent nuclear fuel storage facility inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, sparking a fire and damaging nearby buildings.

Detected & updated continuously · Source: Nebula