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During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured [3] on 24 February 2022, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, [4] who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.
On April 26, 1986, reactor number No. 4 at the Chernobyl plant, some 100 kilometers north of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, exploded during a botched safety test.
Igor Fedorovich Kostin (27 December 1936 – 9 June 2015) was one of the five photographers in the world to take pictures of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster near Pripyat in Ukraine, [1] on 26 April 1986. He was working for Novosti Press Agency (APN) as a photographer in Kyiv, Ukraine, when he represented Novosti to cover the nuclear accident in ...
The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of ionizing radiation as a consequence of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on 26 April 1986. [1] The site remains one of the most contaminated areas in the world today. [2]
Text and photos Archived 28 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine 2008; OTH-Radar "Chornobyl - 2" and Center of space-communication "Circle" is an auxiliary system for OTH-Radar "Chornobyl - 2" The Russian Woodpecker, Miami Herald, July 1982. Steel Yard OTH, globalsecurity.org; Some pictures of Chernobyl-2 'Duga' photos at englishrussia.com ...
This helped researchers use the Chernobyl city dogs as a control population to compare with dogs living closer to the nuclear power plant. Pack of wolves visits a scent station in the Chernobyl ...
The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015) is a documentary about three women who decided to return to the exclusion zone after the disaster. In the documentary, the Babushkas show the polluted water, their food from radioactive gardens, and explain how they manage to survive in this exclusion zone despite the radioactive levels.
The March 21 satellite photo refutes Kremlin claim that the massacre happened after Russian forces withdrew from the area a few days ago.