The 1986 reactor explosion in modern-day Ukraine is considered the world's biggest nuclear disaster.

The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine radioactive waste as a result of a drone strike earlier this year, according to the IAEA.

The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA says.

The drones resemble Iranian-designed Shaheds, which Russia has used in devastating strikes on Ukraine throughout the war.

The protective shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant can no longer contain radioactive material from the sites’ 1986 disaster after being crippled in a drone strike, the UN nuclear watchdog said Friday.

The Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are intended to mirror Iran‘s Shahed-136 uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), providing a low-cost, scalable capability for autonomous, swarm-style operations.

A Russian-flagged tanker loaded with sunflower oil reported a drone attack off the Turkish coast on Tuesday, but its 13 crew members were unharmed, Turkey's maritime authority and the Tribeca shipping agency said.

A Ukrainian operator who survived the attack told Business Insider that he credits the vehicle driver with saving the crew's lives.