Russia said on Friday that an accusation from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that a Russian drone had struck the Chornobyl nuclear power plant was a staged "provocation" by Kyiv to blackmail the West into giving it more aid.

The structure that covers the old sarcophagus which confines the remains of the damaged fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, bears an impact of what the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says was a Russian drone strike,

An alleged drone struck the protective shell covering the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine early Friday, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is blaming Russia.

A Russian drone caused significant damage to the radiation containment shelter at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Zelenskiy and the UN's energy watchdog both said that radiation levels remained normal after the incident,