Russian troops have been engaged in fighting near Pripyat, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the site has been taken by Russian forces. The invasion has raised questions about ...

Today, the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, is a ghost town, abandoned and overgrown in the wake of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. But once it was a thriving town, filled with people ...

PRIPYAT, Ukraine — In a ghost town with soil still radioactive from the world’s worst nuclear disaster, members of Ukraine’s armed forces and national guard conducted combat training drills ...

Thirty years ago, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine released far more radioactivity than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan did, forcing the resettlement of more than ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — Three decades after the Chernobyl disaster sent a radioactive cloud over much of Europe, opposition to nuclear power has fizzled into obscurity here. The huge blast and fire ...

A children's seesaw stands among former apartment buildings in Pripyat, Ukraine. Pripyat, built in the 1970s to house the workers and families of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, now stands ...

Business Insider recently traveled to Pripyat, an abandoned town next to Chernobyl. Pripyat was evacuated right after the 1986 disaster at the nuclear power plant. The city is a complete ghost ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant began on April 26, 1986. But its aftermath escalated the catastrophe to unheard of levels. The disaster ...

He’s speaking of Chernobyl – the worst nuclear disaster in history. Thirty-two years ago, on 26 April 1986, the crew of reactor number four switched off the safety systems in the early hours ...

On the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, The Athletic’s Richard Sutcliffe recalls a visit to the nearby town of Pripyat, once home to a proud and ambitious football ...

Before the 2022 war, Chernobyl was slowly becoming a tourism hotspot. Guided tours took visitors to haunting landmarks, such as the ghost town of Pripyat and the imposing New Safe Confinement ...

In the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (formerly part of the Soviet Union) exploded, creating what many consider the worst nuclear disaster the ...