Chernobyl

Home News The Chernobyl plant has been captured for nearly 3 weeks. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Chernobyl's nuclear power plant has lost electricity again, just hours after being switched back on, Ukraine's state energy company has said.  Russian forces attacked the defunct nuclear facility on the very first day of the…

UPDATE: Kyiv-based studio appears to have re-named game. UPDATE 14/3/22: Stalker developer GSC Game World appears to have subtly changed the name of its upcoming and now on-hold sequel. Its full title, Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, has been altered on Steam to Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl - reflecting the…

The world watched in horror as shelling by Russian forces set fire to part of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine. Immediate catastrophe was averted when the flames were put out, but the plant—which is home to six separate reactors—was captured by the Kremlin’s forces on March 4. Russia…

Ukrainian officials said power has been restored to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Sunday, after warning of an increased risk of radiation leaking after Russian forces reportedly knocked the plant off the energy grid earlier in the week.  Ukrainian atomic energy ministry said in an online post on Sunday that cooling…

FILE PHOTO: A satellite image shows a closer view of sarcophagus at Chernobyl, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine, March 10, 2022. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) - Ukraine's atomic energy ministry on Sunday said power had been restored to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which meant…

Published March 14, 2022 1:07am A picture shows a general view of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on July 10, 2019, in Chernobyl. Sergei Supinsky/ AFP/ File photo Ukraine's atomic energy ministry on…

Ukrainian authorities are claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed his troops who have taken over the Chernobyl nuclear reactor to “create a man-made catastrophe” at the site, media outlets reported on Saturday citing the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The order appeared to be part of what the US is…

Petros Giannakouris/AP Refugees who fled the war from Ukraine get on the bus at the Medyka border crossing in Poland. Russia is more than two weeks into its invasion of Ukraine, targeting new cities as it continues its attack on the eastern European nation. Read More

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Image: Edward Neyburg/Getty Images Ukrainian defense officials have made the alarming allegation that Russian troops are preparing a terrorist attack at Chernobyl, though there’s currently no public evidence that anything is planned there. The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine announced on its Facebook page Friday…