-8bfe9fea14b8de336a73d8807157ae8f.jpg "Damage to the fuel reception and transfer building at the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility following a Russian drone strike on June 7, 2026. (Source: Energoatom)")
#Chornobyl
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![Chornobyl NPP]( "Chornobyl 40 Years Later—The Danger Is Real Again")
Article with video![Illustrative image of a damaged containment structure at Chornobyl Reactor 4. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Chornobyl’s Reactor 4 Shield at Risk of Collapse After Russian Strike, Expert Warns")
![Ukraine Restores Power to Chornobyl Nuclear Plant After Russian Missile and Drone Strikes]( "Ukraine Restores Power to Chornobyl Nuclear Plant After Russian Missile and Drone Strikes")
![Employees stand at the control panel of the fourth power unit in Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chornobyl, on December 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Employees stand at the control panel of the fourth power unit in Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chornobyl, on December 22, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
-72b63a4e0c8c475ad81fe3eed3f63729.jpeg "Photo of Cyril Barabaltchouk")
![Chornobyl’s Safety Confinement to Be Fully Restored by 2026 After Russian Drone Attack]( "Chornobyl’s Safety Confinement to Be Fully Restored by 2026 After Russian Drone Attack")
![Melanized Cladosporium sphaerospermum grown in a lab culture. (Photo: Open source)]( "Melanized Cladosporium sphaerospermum grown in a lab culture. (Photo: Open source)")
![Zelenskyy: Russia’s “Coordinated Attack” on Energy Substation Created Nuclear Threat at Chornobyl]( "Zelenskyy: Russia’s “Coordinated Attack” on Energy Substation Created Nuclear Threat at Chornobyl")
![Ukraine Deploys Special Radiation Units to Guard Damaged Chernobyl Shelter]( "Ukraine Deploys Special Radiation Units to Guard Damaged Chernobyl Shelter")
![The World Sealed Chornobyl With $2 Billion, Then Russia Turned It Into a Battlefield]( "The World Sealed Chornobyl With $2 Billion, Then Russia Turned It Into a Battlefield")
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![Photo of Daniel Kosoy]( "Photo of Daniel Kosoy")
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- War in Ukraine
In February 2022, Russian troops stormed Chornobyl and held its workers hostage. In February 2025, they rammed a drone into Chornobyl’s steel sarcophagus. Today, the Russians still occupy Zaporizhzhia NPP, Europe’s largest nuclear plant. One by one, Russia is turning nuclear sites into weapons.![Protective Dome Over Chernobyl Reactor Partially Lost Functionality After Russian Drone Strike]( "Protective Dome Over Chernobyl Reactor Partially Lost Functionality After Russian Drone Strike")
