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Russian Drone Hits Chernobyl Dome, Threatening Containment Integrity

4/25/2026

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A Russian drone struck the New Safe Confinement dome over Chernobyl’s damaged reactor in 2025, raising integrity concerns.
The dome, finished in 2016, reinforces a steel-and-concrete sarcophagus built after the 1986 reactor No. 4 blast.
About 100 elderly self-settlers and up to 4,000 shift workers still live and work in the zone.
Bears, lynx, moose and wild horses have returned, showing rapid natural reclamation.

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Story summary

A Russian drone struck the New Safe Confinement dome over Chernobyl’s damaged reactor in 2025, raising integrity concerns.
The dome, finished in 2016, reinforces a steel-and-concrete sarcophagus built after the 1986 reactor No. 4 blast.
About 100 elderly self-settlers and up to 4,000 shift workers still live and work in the zone.
Bears, lynx, moose and wild horses have returned, showing rapid natural reclamation.