KYIV, June 25 (Reuters) – Russian shelling damaged a nuclear research facility in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv on Saturday, the state nuclear regulator said.
The strike damaged some of the buildings and infrastructure at the site but did not affect the area housing the nuclear fuel and radiation levels remain normal, the regulator – the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate (SNRIU) – said in an online message. line.
“The probability of new damage (…) which can directly affect the state of nuclear and radiological safety remains high due to the bombardments by Russian troops”, however added the organization.
Reuters could not independently verify this information.
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, was shelled during the first months of the war before experiencing several weeks of relative calm, recently interrupted by renewed bombardments. (Report Max Hunder, written by Alessandra Prentice, French version Benjamin Mallet)