The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that Russia's military presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is a guarantee against what he called a "Chernobyl scenario", referring to the 1986 nuclear catastrophe.

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief. A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from…

"Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated" at the plant

Ukraine and Russia must allow experts to visit Zaporizhzhia facility, says Rafael Grossi

The UN's nuclear chief has asked for experts to be allowed in

The UN nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control” and issued an urgent plea to Russia and Ukraine to quickly allow experts to visit the sprawling complex to stabilize the situation and avoid a nuclear accident. Rafael Grossi, director general of…

The UN nuclear chief is warning that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control”

Eerie photos from inside the estate, taken by a daring urban explorer, show abandoned homes full of possessions as if residents left their homes in a rush

Under 20 people are thought to be living on Clune Park estate, which was once the cheapest property in Britain after one flat sold for just £7,000 at auction.