The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Filmmaker James Jones had no idea when he started it two years ago that a terrible synchronicity would make his blistering documentary about the nuclear accident in northern Ukraine a must-watch

Shortly after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, both governments said that the Russian military had taken over the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. In a tweet, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised fears of possible ecological disaster.

Core meltdowns due to operational challenges cause concern even as direct strikes to facilities remain remote possibility

Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military activity causing radioactive dust to rise into the air. The former power plant was captured by Russian forces on Thursday…

Radiation levels have risen from the Chernobyl nuclear site after the fierce fighting that saw Russia seize the defunct plant, Ukraine has said.

The breach has since been linked to the movement of a "large number of heavy military equipment" through the exclusion zone

Ukraine's nuclear agency and interior ministry said on Friday they were recording increased radiation levels from the site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Nuclear expert says tanks may have ‘disturbed’ radioactive dust

Kremlin troops stormed the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on the first day of the invasion and since then excess gamma radiation levels have been recorded but it is unclear why