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Kyiv, Ukraine — <\/span>At least 16 people were killed in previous attacks in Ukraine, Russian-occupied territories and Russia, officials said Sunday. 40th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster<\/a> New warnings were issued about the risks posed by attacks near the plant during Russia’s invasion for more than four years<\/a> His neighbor’s.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the anniversary<\/a> With the warning that Russian attacks risk repeating history. <\/p>\n \u201cRussia is once again bringing the world to the brink of a man-made disaster \u2013 Russian-Iranian Martyr<\/a> regularly fly over the plant, and one of them attacked the prison last year,” he wrote on Facebook, referring to Iran-designed drones that have wreaked havoc since Moscow launched its all-out war in February 2022. <\/p>\n Zelensky said, “The world must not allow this nuclear terrorism to continue and the best way is to force Russia to stop its reckless attacks.”<\/p>\n Russian drone and missile attacks on the city of Dnipro killed at least nine people, regional head Oleksandr Hanza said Sunday. <\/p>\n One person killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russian-held port city of Sevastopol Crimea<\/a>Moscow-based officials said on Sunday. Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, a move considered illegal by much of the world, and used it as a staging point and supply point during the war.<\/p>\n Leonid Pasechnik, the Russian-appointed governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region \u2013 whom Russia ousted earlier this month Said that he has taken complete control into his hands<\/a>Three people were said to have been killed in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike on a village – a claim denied by Ukraine, after two people were reported dead in the early hours of Saturday. <\/p>\n Ukraine did not comment on either attack, which could not be independently verified by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n Earlier, a woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Belgorod border region, according to local officials.<\/p>\n Ukrainian forces also attacked an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, inside Russian territory, Ukraine’s General Staff said Sunday. The attacks sparked a fire at the facility, which processes 15 million tons of oil a year and produces gasoline, diesel and jet fuel for the Russian military. Russia did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n Ukraine has developed its own long-range drones, which can reach targets about 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) inside Russia. <\/p>\n It has recently used them against Russian oil facilities as Moscow seeks to boost its exports after the Trump administration granted a temporary waiver from sanctions to ease supply disruptions. Kiev officials complain that Russia will use the extra revenue on new weapons to crack down on Ukraine.<\/p>\n International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated Zelensky’s concerns over Chernobyl during a visit to Kiev and said repairs to the plant’s damaged outer protective shell should begin immediately. <\/p>\n The IAEA’s assessment shows that damage after a strike last year has already compromised a key safety function of the structure, he said, warning that years of inactivity could increase the threat to the original coffin beneath it. <\/p>\n The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said repairs would require at least 500 million euros ($586 million).<\/p>\n Energy Minister Dennis Smyhl said on Sunday that the partner’s commitment to repair the facility totals 100 million euros ($108 million). This is in addition to the previously agreed 30 million euros ($32 million).<\/p>\n Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone in February 2025 struck the outer shell of the plant’s new secure confinement structure \u2014 a $2.1 billion vaulted enclosure completed in 2019 over the remains of reactor No. 4. Moscow denied targeting the plant, alleging that Kiev had staged the attack.<\/p>\n Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov visited North Korea on Sunday for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about future military cooperation between the countries.<\/p>\n According to Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti, Belousov said the countries had agreed to “transform military cooperation on a permanent, long-term basis.” <\/p>\n During the visit, he presented the Russian Order of Courage to Korean service members serving in the Kursk region of Russia, where Ukraine had launched a campaign. surprise attack<\/a> In August 2024.<\/p>\n Kim has sent thousands of troops and large arms shipments to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Associated Press journalist Volodymyr Yurchuk in Kiev, Ukraine, contributed to this report. <\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n