The New Safe Confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, damaged by a drone in February, has lost its main safety functions, but there is no permanent damage to the supporting structures. The IAEA recommends further work to restore and modernize monitoring systems.
As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv on November 14, a house in Troieshchyna, where former Chornobyl NPP employees lived, was destroyed by a "Shahed. " Among the victims were the wife of Valeriy Khodemchuk, who died at Chornobyl NPP, and Hero of Ukraine Oleksiy Ananenko.
Traces of radioactive Cesium-137 contamination have been found in Indonesia at 22 production facilities near Jakarta. The contamination was first detected in a batch of shrimp shipped to the United States.
Restoration of power grids continues in Chernihiv region after Russian shelling. In Slavutych, electricity supply to critical infrastructure facilities has been restored, and energy workers are working to fully power the city.
As part of the exchange between Russia and Ukraine, 185 military personnel and 20 civilians returned home. The youngest released is 26 years old, the oldest is 59 years old.
Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak stated that Russian shelling of Ukraine's energy infrastructure creates threats to Europe's security and will not go unanswered. The Ministry of Energy reported that due to the shelling of energy infrastructure in the Kyiv region, an emergency situation arose at the facilities of the SSE "Chornobyl NPP" in Slavutych.
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the appointment of Serhiy Tarakanov as the Director General of the State Specialized Enterprise "Chornobyl NPP". He has 23 years of experience in the energy sector, having worked at the South Ukrainian NPP and in "Energoatom".
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported 42 new suspicions in Kyiv region.
The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management has authorized the transportation of 300,000 spherical fuel elements. This decision sparked debate, but the court rejected the appeal.
A corruption scheme involving the use of radioactively contaminated lands for growing agricultural crops has been exposed in the Zhytomyr region. Officials and entrepreneurs earned millions by selling crops, particularly sunflowers, from the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.
Ukraine conducted its 68th prisoner exchange on Independence Day. Military personnel and civilians returned, including journalists and the former mayor of Kherson.
The government transferred powers to the Ministry of Energy to formulate policy in the field of managing the exclusion zone, Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and radioactive waste. Previously, these functions were performed by the liquidated Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Ukrainian servicemen released from Russian captivity burned the prison clothes they were given. Among those returned are fighters under 25 years old, seriously ill and seriously wounded, including defenders of Mariupol and National Guardsmen from the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Ukraine has returned home a group of Defenders under the age of 25, defenders with injuries and health problems. The vast majority of those released were held in captivity for more than three years, including those captured during the defense of Mariupol.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. The main attention was paid to the situation at the ZNPP and the safety of the Chernobyl NPP, and cooperation projects were also discussed.
