{"id":1395212,"date":"2026-05-20T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-attacks-ukraine-with-radiation-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T08:12:42","slug":"russia-attacks-ukraine-with-radiation-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-attacks-ukraine-with-radiation-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia attacks Ukraine with \u201cradiation\u201d drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Counterintelligence and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine recorded an increased radiation background on the wreckage of a Russian strike drone, with which the Russian Federation attacked the Chernihiv region in April 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/SBUkr\/17596\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> to the SBU.<\/p>\n<p> According to the investigation, these are fragments of an R-60 air-to-air missile discovered near the village of Kamka. It is said that Russian forces could have used it during massive attacks to destroy Ukrainian aircraft intercepting drones.<\/p>\n<p> The SBU reported that during an inspection of the crash site, an elevated level of radiation was recorded.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;During radiation reconnaissance, a gamma radiation level of 12 \u03bcSv\/h was recorded in the immediate vicinity of the debris, which significantly exceeds the natural radiation background and poses a health hazard,&#8221; the SBU noted.<\/p>\n<p> The department also stated that, together with the State Emergency Service and the Defense Forces, the warhead of the missile was neutralized and taken to a radioactive waste storage site.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The SBU, together with units of the State Emergency Service and the Defense Forces of Ukraine, brought the warhead of the missile to a safe condition and transported it to the storage location,&#8221; the report says.<\/p>\n<p> Research has shown that depleted uranium elements may have been used in the design of the Russian missile.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Striking elements from depleted uranium were detected \u2014 in particular, the isotopes Uranium-235 and Uranium-238,&#8221; the SBU reported.<\/p>\n<p> A pre-trial investigation under the article on war crimes has been initiated into this fact under the procedural guidance of the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p> The SBU also urged citizens to be careful if they discover debris from downed UAVs or ammunition and not to approach them.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Do not touch or move such objects. Immediately notify the SBU, the State Emergency Service, or the police,&#8221; the department emphasized.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counterintelligence and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine recorded an increased radiation background on the wreckage of a Russian strike drone, with which the Russian Federation attacked the Chernihiv region in April 2026. This was reported to the SBU. According to the investigation, these are fragments of an R-60 air-to-air missile discovered near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1395201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1395212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1395212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1395201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1395212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1395212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}