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Ukraine
Norway Pledges $11M for Chornobyl Repairs After Russian Drone Strike
The pledge came soon after another drone strike on the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster.
June 11, 2026
War in Ukraine
Russian Drone Strike Damages Chornobyl Nuclear Waste Storage Facility
An overnight drone strike hit the Central Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility, though radiation levels remain normal and no radioactive waste was present in the building.
June 7, 2026
War in Ukraine
Russian Strike on Kyiv Injures 87, Damages Chornobyl Museum
Ukraine is demanding an emergency UN Security Council meeting and a joint OSCE session in response to the strike.
May 25, 2026
Chornobyl
OPINION: Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia – Enough Already!
Lessons learned and what needs to be done today.
May 13, 2026
Ukraine
Stalled Talks, Rising Strikes, and a Fraying Ceasefire – Ukraine Latest, May 8
Russia’s ceasefire updates, signs for dialogues with Europe, and Ukraine’s economic strain– updates from Ukraine and beyond
May 8, 2026
Energy
Inside the Battle to Repair Chornobyl’s Damaged Confinement
Kyiv Post published new details on the damage to the New Safe Confinement, with repair costs exceeding half a billion dollars.
May 8, 2026
War in Ukraine
Chornobyl Forest Fire Triggered by Drone Crash During Moscow's Unilateral Ceasefire
A fast-moving wildfire has engulfed more than 1,100 hectares inside the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, forcing firefighters to battle flames in mined areas.
May 8, 2026
Putin
OPINION: Putin’s Chornobyl: a Régime That Will Not Permit the Wound to Heal
From the 2022 Red Forest trenches to the St. Valentine’s 2025 drone strike, the Kremlin’s war is a war on the truth of 1986 – and the men who buried that truth are now being decorated for it.
May 2, 2026
Ukraine
US Pledges $100M to Repair Chornobyl Radiation Shield
Washington said the funds would cover 20 percent of the estimated $500 million needed to restore the damaged New Safe Confinement arch after a Russian drone strike.
April 30, 2026
Chornobyl
ANALYSIS: The Chornobyl Deception Part 2: Pathology of a Failed Regime
How the Soviet Union lied about Its worst nuclear disaster – and how the West helped.
April 28, 2026
Ukraine
Ukraine Urges Immediate Halt to Military Actions Near Nuclear Facilities
Deputy Foreign Minister Oleksandr Mishchenko warned that Russia’s war risks nuclear catastrophe, citing attacks near Chornobyl and threats to Zaporizhzhia.
April 28, 2026
Ukraine
Some Funding Secured, Some Not – Ukraine Latest, April 27
Stalled bills for Kyiv’s external finances, cannibalism claims based on leaked calls, Chornobyl anniversary specials – updates from Ukraine and beyond
April 27, 2026
Energy
Fuel Price Shock, Ukrainian Investment and Chornobyl Repair – EBRD Vice President on Current Priorities
The EBRD's Middle East package won't affect investments in Ukraine, while the bank meanwhile races to repair Chornobyl's drone-damaged metal sarcophagus, EBRD's VP tells Kyiv Post.
April 27, 2026
Ukraine
Forty Years After Chernobyl: What Has the World Learned?
Forty years ago, Chernobyl, which was still part of the USSR at the time, was the site of the worst accident in the history of nuclear energy.
April 27, 2026
Ukraine
Beyond the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone: How Life There Endures Today?
Kyiv Post visited villages and towns affected by the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. Though many lay beyond the evacuated 30-km exclusion zone, life there has never fully recovered since 1986.
April 27, 2026
Ukraine
Memories of Pripyat Before 1986 – Conversation With a Former Resident
A former Pripyat resident, who later followed in her parents’ footsteps and became a nuclear plant worker, recalled her lost youth and the fading image of a once prosperous city with Kyiv Post.
April 26, 2026