Overview
- UAE officials said Sunday that three drones entered from the western border, two were intercepted and one struck an external generator at Barakah, starting a perimeter fire in the first reported direct hit on the site.
- Regulators reported no injuries or radiological release and said plant operations continued, while the IAEA said one reactor briefly switched to emergency diesel generators.
- No group has claimed responsibility and the Defense Ministry said investigators are working to determine the launch point and the actors behind the attack.
- The Foreign Ministry called the strike a dangerous escalation that violates international law and said the UAE reserves its right to respond to protect its security.
- Barakah is the Arab world’s only commercial nuclear plant and provides about a quarter of the UAE’s electricity, a role that makes any attack on its support systems a wider risk to Gulf energy stability.