The Recap – “20 Minutes” takes stock for you every evening on the conflict in Ukraine. This Sunday, kyiv strikes Russian oil installations and a drone targets the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Have you missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Here is the gist of this Sunday, May 31, 2026, on the 1,558th day of the conflict.
Fact of the day
Already hit on Saturday evening by a drone which opened a breach in the wall of the engine room, located “10 meters from the reactor room” but did not damage the essential equipment of the plant, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, a new drone attack hit the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant this Sunday.
Six buses and two trucks were destroyed in this attack, according to the same source, which specifies that the plant continues to “operate normally” and that its operational safety is “fully assured”. The two belligerents mutually blame each other for these strikes on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, occupied by Russia and located on the Dnieper, which acts as a natural front line.
“There should be no attack of any kind coming from or targeting the plant,” commented the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), quoting its director general, Rafael Grossi. “Attacking nuclear sites is playing with fire,” he warned.
Today’s statement
We have to take the microphone away from her because in reality, she’s not a journalist, she’s not a commentator, she’s a Russian agent and she’s been a Russian agent from the start
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