The trip included a visit to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, which was struck by a Russian drone last month.

(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian Emergency Service, the damaged protective shell over the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is seen from inside following a drone strike ...

Although Chernobyl has left a devastating legacy across Europe’s former communist bloc, including East Germany, it is a crumb of comfort that it took place at the bitter end of the Cold War in an area ...

This week's featured article is "Inside the Russian Occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone," by Matthew Petti. This ...

Radiation levels in the area remain normal - the original protective shelter inside the giant structure did not suffer ... According to SSE ChNPP - which runs the Chernobyl site and decommissioning ...

Flames are still raging inside the Chernobyl nuclear station after multiple fires yesterday. Three smoldering fires were detected earlier this morning, forcing teams to jump into action to prevent ...

The hit on Chernobyl occurred as Ukraine is being slowly pushed back ... weighing about 40,000 tonnes and tall enough to fit Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral inside. There was “no immediate danger” to the ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also reported an “explosion” at the site, and said “radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable”. The agency, which has had a team ...

Russian troops occupied Chernobyl in the opening weeks of the ... internal radioactive decay continues for thousands of years inside fuel rods after they have been used to generate power, giving ...

A Russian drone attack hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl’s destroyed reactor, causing a fire that has since been extinguished. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy termed it a ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also reported an “explosion” at the site, and said “radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable.” The agency, which has had a team ...

Chernobyl under attack ... While IAEA in a post on X said that radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable, it added that its personnel responded within minutes of the strike.