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Russian Drone Hits Chernobyl Containment Dome, Compromising Safety

4/26/2026

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Russian Drone Strikes

A Russian drone struck the New Safe Confinement dome over Reactor 4 in February 2025, compromising its primary containment.
The Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine has generated no electricity since 2000 and continues decommissioning work.
The 1986 explosion forced the evacuation of roughly 50,000 Pripyat residents, leaving the city deserted.
Guided tours let resident Volodymyr Vorobey show his childhood apartment and recount his foreman career.

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Chernobyl Anniversary Tour

Photos released on April 26 show the Chernobyl control room lit, panels glowing during the site’s 40th-anniversary of the 1986 disaster.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has produced no electricity since 2000, and decommissioning activities continue.
Former firefighters, medics and other workers toured the plant with media, underscoring personal ties.
Cleaner Volodymyr Vechirko, 62, said sight overwhelmed him, likening plant’s past to its decay.

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Russian Drone Strikes

A Russian drone struck the New Safe Confinement dome over Reactor 4 in February 2025, compromising its primary containment.
The Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine has generated no electricity since 2000 and continues decommissioning work.
The 1986 explosion forced the evacuation of roughly 50,000 Pripyat residents, leaving the city deserted.
Guided tours let resident Volodymyr Vorobey show his childhood apartment and recount his foreman career.

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