{"id":126501,"date":"2025-02-15T21:52:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T18:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126501\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ukrainian-emergency-workers-tackle-drone-strike-aftermath-at-chernobyl-nuclear-plant","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/126501\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian emergency workers tackle drone strike aftermath at Chernobyl nuclear plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214.jpg 547w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214-354x234.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sarkofag-Zelenski-20250214-178x118.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant&#039;s shell after a drone strike.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        Video still        <span>(the Telegram channel of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Ukrainian emergency workers are putting out fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant for the second day after Russia reportedly attacked it with a drone in the early hours of February 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drone hit the station\u2019s protective outer shell, piercing a hole in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hole is 15 sq. m and partial damage to the shell is up to 200 sq. m, said the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 10:00 a.m. on February 15, officers of Ukraine\u2019s State Emergency Service were handling the burning insulation. Two pieces of hardware were used overnight and nine more arrived in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of firefighters has been increased from five to 49. Work is underway at an altitude of 87 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No deterioration in the radiation situation and no release of radioactive products \u201cbeyond established limits\u201d have been detected, according to the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 14, a press tour was held to showcase the efforts to address the damage caused by the strike on the Chernobyl NPP. Separately, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja expressed her shock and concern over the incident, highlighting the ongoing impact of the 1986 disaster and the need to protect Belarus&#8217; environment and future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chernobyl_aes_magate_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chernobyl_aes_magate_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chernobyl_aes_magate_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chernobyl_aes_magate_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chernobyl_aes_magate_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/chernobyl_aes_magate_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Homiel region checks radiation after Zelensky reports Chernobyl strike<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 15, Pozirk. \u201cThe radiation situation is stable. The gamma dose rate at the air radiation monitoring stations corresponds to the values observed for years,\u201d said D\u017amitryj Rutko\u016dski, the Homiel Regional Executive Committee\u2019s radiation official. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/126437\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 15, Pozirk. Ukrainian emergency workers are putting out fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant for the second day after Russia reportedly attacked it with a drone in the early hours of February 14. The drone hit the station\u2019s protective outer shell, piercing a hole in it. 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