Rosatom employees involved in Chornobyl occupation as Russian drone strikes nuclear waste facility
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Stas Kozliuk
12d ago· 21 min readenNews
Summary
The article reports on a Russian drone strike on a nuclear waste storage facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on June 6-7, 2026. It details how Rosatom employees, including a former brick seller and a Navalny supporter, were involved in the occupation of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The attack fortunately did not result in radiation leakage as no spent nuclear fuel was in the damaged building. This follows a previous drone attack on the New Safe Confinement in February 2025, highlighting the ongoing security threats to nuclear facilities in the region.
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A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine attack drones flying over the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, let alone targeting nuclear facilities.
Fortunately there was no spent nuclear fuel inside the damaged building, and radiation levels reportedly remained within normal limits.
On the night of 6-7 June 2026, a Russian attack drone struck a nuclear waste storage facility in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine attack drones flying over the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, let



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