Putin could cause the next Chernobyl through reckless strikes on nuclear plants, experts warn

I was in a state of near shock,” says Volodymyr Kholosha as he recalls the moment that he first saw the burnt-out reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on the day it exploded.

“What I witnessed that day defied every scenario we had ever practised. The first few days were spent simply trying to comprehend what had actually happened.”