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Drone Breaches Chernobyl Safe Confinement, Strontium Spikes, Wildlife Thrives

4/24/2026

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A Russian drone pierced the Safe Confinement on 14 February 2025, burning half its inner layer.
Liquidator Petro Hurin, 76, says his health never recovered since 1986, seeking a pension.
Gennady Laptev and Oleg Voitsekhovych report strontium in waterways exceeds WHO limits as ponds drain.
Researchers advise Prussian Blue in feed, lime in soil, bacterial inoculation to lower crop uptake.
Wolves, deer and lynx thrive in the exclusion zone despite radiation.

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Story summary

A Russian drone pierced the Safe Confinement on 14 February 2025, burning half its inner layer.
Liquidator Petro Hurin, 76, says his health never recovered since 1986, seeking a pension.
Gennady Laptev and Oleg Voitsekhovych report strontium in waterways exceeds WHO limits as ponds drain.
Researchers advise Prussian Blue in feed, lime in soil, bacterial inoculation to lower crop uptake.
Wolves, deer and lynx thrive in the exclusion zone despite radiation.