Vines twirl through the broken windows of long-abandoned homes, where the detritus of lives interrupted by disaster are still scattered about: children’s shoes, dishes, coats hanging on pegs, all covered in lichen and dust. The ghost towns of the Chernobyl exclusion zone in northern Ukraine emptied of people after the catastrophic explosion and meltdown at…
On Sunday, Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Reactor number 4 at the plant exploded on 26 April 1986, spewing out radioactive material that would spread across swathes of Europe. The official death toll from the incident in Chornobyl – as it is known in Ukrainian – is 31, but the…
Shorouk Express A structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer operational after Russian drones targeted it earlier this year, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has found. The so-called new safe confinement was built as part of a €1.5 billion Europe-led initiative in 2019 to replace the…
Shorouk Express Russian attack causes blackout at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant A Russian attack on energy infrastructure in the Kyiv Oblast has led to a blackout at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine’s energy ministry said, warning of an “emergency situation” at several facilities within the power plant. “Due to power surges, the New Safe…
Shorouk Express Zelensky claims Russian drone struck protective structure over Chernobyl reactor For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A Russian drone armed with a “high-explosive warhead”…
