Ukraine is seeking solutions to repair the damage caused by a drone attack in February on the building containing the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl accident, a government minister said.
Minister of environmental protection and natural resources Svitlana Hrynchuk said Ukraine was working with experts to determine the best way to restore the proper functioning of the building, known as the New Safe Confinement (NSC), after the drone strike, allegedly by Russia.
“Unfortunately, after the attack, the arch partially lost its functionality. And now, I think, already in May, we will have the results of the analysis that we are currently conducting,” Hrynchuk said.
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