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Chernobyl War Zone: Tensions Rise in Ukraine's Exclusion Zone

2/19/2026

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Tensions persist as Ukraine's Chernobyl site remains a war zone.
The radioactive exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant has not escaped the impacts of the Ukraine war.
Al Jazeera's Nils Adler reports on how the site, known for the world's worst nuclear disaster, has been affected by the conflict.

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Tensions persist as Ukraine's Chernobyl site remains a war zone.
The radioactive exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant has not escaped the impacts of the Ukraine war.
Al Jazeera's Nils Adler reports on how the site, known for the world's worst nuclear disaster, has been affected by the conflict.