Rebuilding Ukraine: Germany allocates €50 mln to repair Chornobyl shelter damaged by Russian drone
The German side is expected to transfer the funds to the International Chornobyl Cooperation Account.
During the visit to the Chornobyl plant, the German delegation inspected the New Safe Confinement Arch and its infrastructure, as well as the new solar power plant on the Chornobyl industrial site. It honored the memory of the disaster cleanup workers.
Background
It should be noted that the European Commission, the US, and the Kingdom of Norway earlier said they were ready to help finance the restoration of the New Safe Confinement.
On the night of February 14, a Russian attack drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the shelter that protects the world from radiation from the destroyed fourth power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Judging by the published photos, the power unit's sarcophagus was attacked by a Geran-2 UAV, the Russian version of the Iranian Shahed. To cause maximum fire damage, the attack drone carried a high-explosive warhead.
As of February 15, emergency workers had managed to localize the fire in the filler material of the outer cladding of the shelter over the Chornobyl plant's fourth reactor.
The IAEA reported that the drone strike created a hole about 6 meters in diameter. Flammable material in the roof cladding fueled the fire. Experts were informed that the plant planned to install additional sensors to measure dose rates and aerosol concentrations near the attack site.
It should be noted that, under existing agreements, Ukrainian air defense forces do not shoot down enemy UAVs over nuclear facilities. Experts, therefore, say this was a deliberate crime by the Russian invaders.
It is also worth recalling that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was under occupation during Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Russian occupying forces seized the plant, endangering the entire world. On March 31, Rubryka reported that Russian occupation troops had left the territory of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Kyiv region.
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