Russian strikes kill 3, damage nuclear fuel storage site near Chernobyl

World Russian strikes kill 3, damage nuclear fuel storage site near Chernobyl, Ukraine says June 7, 2026 / 11:07 AM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Three people were killed in a Russian drone strike while waiting at a bus stop in southeastern Ukraine on Sunday, while a separate strike damaged a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Chernobyl, Ukrainian officials said.In addition to the three killed, another person was wounded in the drone attack in Balabyne, in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, wrote on his Telegram channel.The storage center damaged in the separate strike is located in the Kyiv region, just nine miles from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine's General Staff said. That attack "partially destroyed" the facility, which was empty at the time, Ukraine's state-owned nuclear operator Energoatom wrote on Telegram. It also sparked a fire, spanning roughly 40 square meters, or 430 square feet, the operator said. An undated handout image from Ukraine's Energoatom, released June 7, 2026, shows damage to a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Chernobyl, Ukraine. Energoatom/Handout via Reuters The fire was extinguished within an hour, and radiation remains within safe levels, officials said.The International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said the incident was "deeply concerning" due to the large amounts of nuclear material held at the facility. He said in a statement that the agency would visit the site of the attack soon.Elsewhere, a Ukrainian attack killed one man and injured a woman in Russia's Kursk region, local Gov. Alexander Khinshtein said.Zelenskyy meets with world leadersThe latest attacks came as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted the leaders of Ukraine, France and Germany for talks on ongoing support for Kyiv. Scheduled for Sunday evening, the meeting between Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz an...