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Ukraine marks 35th Chornobyl anniversary

April 26 is the day to commemorate victims of the largest human-made disaster.

13:35, 26.04.2021

Russia blocks IAEA inspectors' visits to occupied Donbas – Ukrainian delegates to TCG

The Ukrainian side says it is concerned that the IAEA is unable to evaluate the environmental status in Russia-occupied districts.

21:59, 17.02.2021

Ukraine commemorates 34th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster

About 400,000 people were evacuated from the exclusion zone.

15:30, 26.04.2020

Chornobyl's New Safe Confinement handed over to Ukraine (Photo, video)

The new facility will help solve the problem of dismantling the sarcophagus, which covered the exploded reactor after the accident in April 1986.

16:55, 10.07.2019

Reuters: Chernobyl comes back to life in Ukrainian computer game

Beskrestnov and his partner Alexey Fateyev used Google maps and hundreds of pictures from the Chernobyl area to recreate Prypyat landmarks.

20:57, 04.05.2019

Firefighting helicopter, aircraft involved in putting out massive Chornobyl wildfire outside Kyiv

Some 98 firefighters and 23 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire.

22:50, 02.04.2019

Ukraine marks 31st anniversary of Chornobyl tragedy (Photo)

The explosive power recorded in the blast at Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant is comparable with three hundred Hiroshima nuclear bombings.

13:20, 26.04.2017