The strike caused partial damage to the building and a fire, which has since been extinguished.

No casualties have been reported. Radiation levels at the CSFSF industrial site remain within normal limits.

However, the very fact of an attack on a facility used for the management of spent nuclear fuel constitutes an unprecedented threat to nuclear and radiation safety. Such actions create risks of damage to critical systems essential for the safe storage of nuclear materials and represent a gross violation of international law, nuclear safety principles, and the fundamental safety principles of the IAEA.

The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine calls on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to respond urgently to this latest act of Russian nuclear terrorism, dispatch an appropriate mission to assess and document the consequences of the attack, and provide an international evaluation of Russia’s actions.