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Ukraine’s nuclear ghosts were raised again on Friday after a drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of the plant at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

The containment arch protecting the remains of reactor No. 4 at the former Chernobyl power plant, after a drone attack, in Ukraine, on February 14, 2025. EFREM LUKATSKY / AP A Russian Shahed drone ...

When the war began on 24 February 2022, explosions erupted near the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine’s northern Kyiv region. Earlier that day Russian troops had entered from the Belarus border ...

14, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Ukrainian serviceman stands on a vehicle with anti-aircraft gun after a drone attack at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine ...

Chernobyl, located near Ukraine’s border with Belarus, has been a focal point of nuclear concerns since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops briefly seized the plant in early 2022 but ...