The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has classified a Russian strike on the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant as a war crime.
According to the SBU, a criminal investigation has been opened under Part 1 of Article 438 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code (“Violation of the Laws and Customs of War”).
According to the agency’s investigative task force, the strike was carried out by a Geran-2 drone at approximately 2:05 a.m. on June 7. Investigators have already recovered several drone components at the scene.
The explosion damaged facilities used for the reception and transfer of spent nuclear fuel, as well as the administrative building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The SBU said the attack did not affect the storage facility’s operational processes. According to the agency, radiation levels remain within normal limits, and there were no fatalities or injuries.
SBU investigators, under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, are carrying out measures aimed at identifying and bringing to justice those responsible for the attack.
