Drone Attacks Escalate, Nuclear Risks Mount in Ukraine

0:00It's April 26th. This is Canada News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. Russian drone and missile attacks hit the NEPRO hard, pushing the death toll to 9, according to the regional head. On the flip side, a Ukrainian drone strike killed one man in Sevastopol, the port city in Russian occupied Crimea. Then in Lohansk, another Ukrainian drone took out three people in a village overnight. Earlier strikes added to the tally, with a woman dying from a Ukrainian drone in Russia's Belgrade region. Ukraine's forces also targeted an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, way inside Russia, sparking big fires at a plant that pumps out 15 million tons of oil yearly for military fuel, like gasoline and jet fuel. President Zelensky used the Chernobyl anniversary to sound the alarm, saying Russian strikes could spark another disaster since their drones keep, buzzing the plant. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency backed him up in Kiev, stressing immediate repairs to the damaged outer shell.

1:02That shell, a massive arch built in 2019 over reactor four for $2.1 billion, got hit by a Russian drone back in February. 2025, officials said weekends key safety features, and fixes could cost at least 500 million euros. With both sides trading long-range blows and nuclear risks mounting, the war's edge keeps sharpening as calls grow to halt these reckless hits.