The Kremlin dismissed Ukraine's accusations of a Russian drone damaging the containment shelter at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant as a "provocation". Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia does not attack nuclear infrastructure, calling the incident "most likely just another provocation" by the Kyiv regime.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog confirmed that radiation levels stayed normal after the incident. The event occurred as senior U.S., Ukrainian, and European officials convened at the Munich Security Conference to address the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.