A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and briefly starting a fire, in an attack Kyiv blamed on Russia.

A Russian drone struck the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in an attack overnight into Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

A Russian drone has reportedly struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, sparking fears of a potential nuclear disaster as President Volodymyr Zelensky said the damage was "significant"