Chernobyl nuclear power plant

PHOTO ESSAY: AP photographer chronicles Chernobyl’s painful legacy of silence, sacrifice and danger
April 22, 2026
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Efrem Lukatsky, a Kyiv-based photographer for The Associated Press, was living in the city on April 26, 1986, when the explosion and fire struck the Chernobyl...
IAEA investigating reports of drones near Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
IAEA investigating reports of drones near Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
July 2, 2025
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is investigating reports of a suspected drone attack near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine.The plant's operators said vehicles were damaged, the...
Picture shows Chernobyl nuclear plant control room, not Pakistan airbase after Indian strikes
May 27, 2025
Days after India attacked several Pakistani airbases, a picture circulated in social media posts falsely claiming it showed a damaged control room at one of the bases. It was actually...
Chernobyl reactor shield hit by Russian drone, Ukraine says
February 14, 2025
A Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter over the damaged reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.The overnight strike hit the shelter...