Norway will fund repairs to the Chernobyl sarcophagus, which was damaged by a Russian drone

The Norwegian government has decided to allocate 100 million Norwegian kroner (approximately $10.6 million) for repair and restoration work on the protective shelter covering the destroyed fourth power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 

The financial assistance will be provided through a specialized account for international cooperation on Chernobyl (ICCA), administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

The allocated funds will be used to restore the plant’s critical safety systems and repair its protective arch, which was damaged by a Russian drone strike in February 2025. The provision of the financial package was announced during his visit to Kyiv by Norway’s State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Eivind Vad Petersen. The diplomat emphasized that Russia’s offensive war poses a direct threat to international security and mentioned another incident in which a Russian drone struck a building at a spent nuclear fuel storage facility in the Chernobyl zone. So far, there have been no reports of increased radiation levels in the region, and the Norwegian side has assured that it will make every effort to minimize the risks of potential radioactive releases.

 The Norwegian Embassy in Ukraine announced this on its official Facebook page.

International partners have announced the provision of 42.5 million euros for the restoration of the new safe confinement (the Chernobyl Shelter) at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, strongly condemned the Russian drone strike on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, calling the attack “reckless.”