The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Ukraine says Russian troops have captured a nuclear power plant which was the scene of heavy fighting that set a building on fire and damaged part of a reactor complex.

Ukraine-Russia news from March 4: At UNSC meeting, Ukrainian envoy accuses Russia of ‘nuclear terrorism’.

Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said in online posts today that the forces had taken control of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Alan 'Barney' Gardner, 54, took in and housed Ukrainian children following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Plant spokesperson said it had come under ‘heavy weapons fire’

The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine has been surrounded for more than three decades by a 1,000-square-mile (2,600-square-kilometer) exclusion zone that keeps people out. On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl’s reactor number four melted down as a result of human error, releasing vast quantities of radioactive…

Ukraine still controls two key nuclear power plants in the south of the country, including Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest, but Russian forces are closing in, the acting head of Ukraine's state-run nuclear company Energoatom said on Thursday.

Nottingham had helped Minsk children who were poisoned by Chernobyl

Stirling supporters of the charity have been providing support since the mid 1980s.

Charity volunteers for Chernobyl Chidren's Lifeline (Ayrshire Link) say they are ready to offer their homes to help any families fleeing Russian attacks.

Ukrainian mayor’s warning comes after UN says it is ‘gravely concerned’ about another nuclear disaster