The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic wasteland. After the infamous 1986 meltdown of a Soviet nuclear reactor, around 1,000 square miles in northern ...

On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near Pripyat in the Soviet Union (now Ukraine), ...

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, concerns are growing now that the conflict has reached Chernobyl. This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ...

Nuclear disaster in Ukraine is only a “matter of time” away as long as the international community fails to take tougher action against Russian recklessness, an expert has warned. On Monday three ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than ...

Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have captured Chernobyl, the region in the northern part of Ukraine that saw the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. The news came just hours after ...

The plot revolves around a CIA agent spying at the station before the accident Russian state TV is preparing to broadcast its own drama retelling the story of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but ...

Inside an abandoned control room at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a worker in an orange hardhat gazed at a grey wall of seemingly endless ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the overnight attack impacted the radiation shelter, which protects against further radioactive leaks at the former nuclear power plant. Russia denies ...