As of Friday morning, radiation levels inside and outside Chernobyl remain normal and stable according to the UN's nuclear watchdog (the IAEA). Russia has denied any claims it attacked Chernobyl, stating its military does not strike Ukrainian nuclear infrastructure and "any claims that this was the case do not correspond to reality".

With unrestricted access, the IAEA team based at the site has been closely monitoring the situation following the strike early in the morning on 14 February that pierced a big hole in the New Safe Confinement (NSC),

Radiation levels have not increased, Zelenskyy and the U.N. atomic agency said. Russian officials made no immediate comment, and it was not possible to independently confirm Ukraine’s claim of Russian responsibility.

The Kremlin on Friday denied an accusation from Ukraine that a Russian drone had struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Why it matters: Ukraine and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said radiation levels remained stable despite the explosion at the plant.

The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency said radiation levels at the shuttered plant in the Kyiv region have not increased.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was on "high alert" after a drone hit the reactor's protective shell.

Before the conflict, it had a total of 10 power lines – six 750 kV and four 330 kV – available. “The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant still needs reliable supplies of off-site power for cooling purposes,

Radiation levels at the shuttered plant in the Kyiv region — site of the world’s worst nuclear accident — have not increased, according to the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency,

Radiation levels are normal at Chornobyl, IAEA says, as world leaders gather in Munich to discuss Russia-Ukraine war.

Radiation levels have not increased, Zelenskyy and the U.N. atomic agency said. Russian officials made no immediate comment, and it was not possible to independently confirm Ukraine’s claim of Russian responsibility.

Two weeks after it was hit by a drone, Ukrainian firefighters are still trying to extinguish smouldering fires within the large structure built over the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear accident, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Ukraine calls on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to urgently step up efforts to prevent hostile attacks on nuclear facilities after Russia's attack on the roof of the containment structure of Unit No 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).