Over 20 drones launched her army Russia On Wednesday (01.10.2025) against the city of Slavuji in Ukraine, which resulted in the power supply of the nuclear power plant for 3 hours Chernobyl. Volodimir Zelenski criticized the new attack, saying Russia is reaching the “extremes” and increasing the risk of causing a nuclear accident.
“Russia’s forces could not ignore that an attack on Slavujic’s facilities would have such an impact on Chernobyl,” the president said. UkraineVolodimir Zelenski in a post on the Telegraph. “And this was a deliberate attack, which used more than 20 drones, according to preliminary estimates, Russian-Iranian Shahad,” he added.
The fact that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where the worst nuclear disaster in 1986 occurred was affected by Russia’s attacks, has caused great concern.
Zelenski also complained that Russia did nothing to restore the outer power line at Zaporizia Nuclear Station – who is under the control of Russian forces – arguing that Moscow is taking advantage of the “weak” attitude adopted by the International Atomic Energy Organization (IOEA) and its head, Rafael Grossi.
The nuclear station in Zaporizia is the largest in Europe. The loss of the main source of power supply with electricity has caused concern, as electricity is essential for cooling the reactors of the nuclear power plant, even though they are closed.
The head of the IAEA has repeatedly appealed to the warring sides for maximum restraint of the Armed Forces in the area in order to Avoiding the risk of nuclear accident.
An entire village mourns for a family that was beaten by a Russian drone
The last time Natalia saw her neighbor, Aliona Lesnichenko, in the village of Tsernetsina of northeast Ukraine, the woman was shopping for her two children. “He bought them whatever they wanted,” Natalia recalls for her 26 -year -old mother. “Candies, lemonade, pies, sausages, cheese. Everything … “
Aliona took care of her children, Natalia stresses, but she was unable to protect them when Russian drones that hit the family’s house on Monday night to Tuesday. Russia’s drone killed the entire four -member family: Aliona, who was pregnant with twins, her husband and their two sons, aged 4 and 6 years.
Yesterday Wednesday, residents of Cernetsina said the last goodbye to the Lesnichenko family, shocked by the tragedy caused by the Russian drone raid on their village. “There were no attacks here throughout the war,” said Alina Lagoya, a family friend. “What all this?”
Aliona’s husband, Olexandr, had fought on the front, another neighbor, Lyubov Pcenko, told the French News Agency (AFP). “He fought again and again, later he came here. And that happened, “he said.
Dozens of residents gathered along the main road where the funeral procession passed. Some kept bouquets of blue and yellow flowers in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.