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Russian Drone Breach Forces €500M Chernobyl Repairs, Millennia Uninhabitable

4/25/2026

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Russian drone strike in February 2025 pierced the Safe Confinement covering reactor 4.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development officials estimate repairs will cost €500 million over three to four years.
Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the April 26 1986 Chernobyl explosion while decommissioning continues.
Former liquidators, about 2,250 staff on site, report health problems and say the exclusion zone may stay uninhabitable for 24 000 years, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Russian drone strike in February 2025 pierced the Safe Confinement covering reactor 4.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development officials estimate repairs will cost €500 million over three to four years.
Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the April 26 1986 Chernobyl explosion while decommissioning continues.
Former liquidators, about 2,250 staff on site, report health problems and say the exclusion zone may stay uninhabitable for 24 000 years, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.