An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious situation” at the facility that repeatedly has been caught in the war 's crossfire, the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said. It said it was informed the blast was from a drone attack but gave no further details.
Energoatom noted that Russia has deployed troops and landmines at the site, which is one of four atomic power plants in Ukraine. The other three remain in Ukrainian hands. “The dangerous game of the occupiers at the nuclear facility must be stopped,” it said. The most recent strikes did not compromise the facility, which is designed to withstand a commercial airliner crashing into it, the IAEA said.