The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart.

The 1986 disaster shone a spotlight on lax safety standards and government secrecy in what was then the Soviet Union.

Russia is 'again bringing the world to the brink of a man-made disaster,' declared the Ukrainian president, noting that ...

Danny Grossman, once a U.S. diplomat in the USSR, remembers Chernobyl — and an awkward dinner with a refusenik family.

Strikes across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia have killed at least 16 people. The attacks on Sunday coincided ...

Forty years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, officials are grappling with the impact of a 2025 Russian drone strike that ...

A husband died in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, and his wife in a Russian drone attack—separated by 39 years. The tragic story of a couple swept up in two of Ukraine’s modern-era ...

Russia is still attacking Ukrainian territory.

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, ...