Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of practicing "nuclear terrorism", as his country commemorated on Sunday the fortieth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Meanwhile, Russian strikes across Ukraine resulted in the deaths of three people and the wounding of at least four, according to Ukrainian officials.

Published on: 04/26/2026 - 13:57 Last updated: 04/26/2026 - 15:33

On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia had once again "pushed the world to the brink of a man-made catastrophe" by invading his country since 2022.

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Putting an end to "nuclear terrorism"

The Ukrainian president stressed that "the world must not allow this nuclear terrorism to continue, and the best way to do this is to force Russia to stop its reckless attacks."

On the ground, Russian strikes across Ukraine resulted in the deaths of three people and the wounding of at least four, according to what Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday.

Moscow has launched hundreds of drones towards its neighbor almost every night since the invasion in 2022, while Ukraine targets Russian military and energy facilities.

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In addition, in the Sumy border region in northeastern Ukraine, an attack with Russian drones resulted in the killing of two civilians, according to the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, Oleg Grigorov.

He stated in a post on Telegram that “the enemy wounded civilians in the city of Bilobelia... less than five kilometers from the border with the Russian Federation,” noting that two men, aged 48 and 72, were killed.

Meanwhile, one person was killed and four injured in attacks with drones and artillery fire in the city of Dnipro (central east), according to what the official of the military administration in the region, Oleksandr Ganja, announced. He noted in a post on Telegram that homes and vehicles were damaged.

Earlier on Sunday, the Moscow-appointed governor of Sevastopol, in the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia, Mikhail Razvogayev, announced that a man was killed inside a vehicle when a Ukrainian drone attack resulted in damage to several homes and a dance school in various neighborhoods of the city. The source reported that Russia shot down 43 drones during the attack.

For its part, the Ukrainian authorities announced on Saturday that at least eight people had been killed in Dnipro, which witnessed waves of Russian strikes over a period of 20 consecutive hours.

France 24/AFP

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