The giant New Safe Confinement shelter over the remains of Chernobyl's unit 4 was damaged by a drone in February with an ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Efrem Lukatsky has worked for The Associated Press, based in Kyiv, for more than 30 years. He covered ...

The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom will make contributions to the EBRD-managed International Chernobyl ...

Russia warned Israel against targeting Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, citing potential catastrophic consequences ...

Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new island in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, but they haven't managed to ...

Hundreds of openings were cut during efforts to extinguish fires (Image: ChNPP) The agency said that investigations continue to determine the extent of the damage sustained by the arch-shaped New Safe ...

Embark on a flight high above the eerie, abandoned streets of Chernobyl's ghost town with this captivating drone footage. Witness the haunting remnants of Pripyat, the crumbling buildings, and the ...

A version of this article appears in print on March 26, 2025, Section A, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s 40,000-Ton Shield.

A Russian Shahed drone, armed with a high-explosive warhead, struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday, February 14 at 1:59 am local time, piercing the new arch-shaped containment ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian drone slammed into the shell covering the remains of Chernobyl’s reactor No. 4 — the same one that exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing ...

A Russian drone attack hit the protective shelter over Chernobyl’s destroyed reactor, causing a fire that has since been extinguished. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy termed it a ...

A drone with an explosive warhead has smashed a hole in the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine. The plant's chief engineer, Alexander Titarchuk, said there was a ...