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OPINION: Deny the Truth at All Costs: Moscow’s Perennial Playbook
Remembering how Moscow dealt with the catastrophe in Chornobyl 40 years ago reveals the cornerstone of the Kremlin’s modus operandi: manage perception first, reality later
April 26, 2026
Europe
Zelensky and Sandu Call on EU to Start Membership Talks Without Delay
During a meeting in Kyiv on the 40th anniversary of Chornobyl, the leaders of Ukraine and Moldova declared that both nations have fulfilled all conditions to open EU accession clusters.
April 26, 2026
Chornobyl
ANALYSIS: The Chornobyl Deception Part 1: Lies and Fabrications
How the Soviet Union lied about Its worst nuclear disaster – and how the West helped.
April 26, 2026
Chornobyl
Chornobyl 40 Years On: Nighttime Memorial Event Gathers Hundreds
An exclusive Kyiv Post report from the city of Slavutych, which hosted a memorial event honoring the deceased liquidators of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident.
April 26, 2026
Ukraine
ANALYSIS: How Sweden Awoke to Chornobyl
Sweden received the largest fallout of radioactive cesium outside the Soviet Union – 1,000 km from Chornobyl. Four decades later, what impact has the disaster had on Swedish society?
April 26, 2026
Ukraine
Zelensky Marks 40th Anniversary of Chornobyl with Call to End Russian Nuclear Terrorism
President Zelensky warned that Russian-Iranian drone attacks near the station’s confinement structure are pushing the world toward a new man-made disaster.
April 26, 2026
Chornobyl
Ukraine to Reopen National Chornobyl Museum on April 28
For more than three decades, the museum has shaped public memory of the worst technological disaster in human history.
April 26, 2026
Ukraine
OPINION: Nuclear Risk Is Being Deliberately Used as a Tool of War
Nuclear terrorism, not accident: Russia’s deliberate weaponization of Ukraine’s nuclear plants demands the world treat reactor safety as a global security priority.
April 26, 2026
Chornobyl
OPINION: Chornobyl – The Explosion That Blew the Lid of the Soviet System
What occurred was bad enough – the consequences are still with us – but it could have been far worse, not only in Eastern Europe, but for the entire planet.
April 26, 2026
Chornobyl
Beyond the Zone: How Hundreds of Settlements Hit by the Chornobyl Disaster Endure 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 25, 2026
Ukraine
UK Warns of Acute Nuclear Risks in Ukraine on 40th Anniversary of Chornobyl Disaster
Deputy Ambassador James Ford told the OSCE that Russia’s war has revived threats to nuclear safety, echoing the lessons of secrecy and governance failures from 1986.
April 25, 2026
Ukraine
Chernobyl, 40 Years Since Disaster: Five Things to Know
It comes four years into the Russian invasion that has put the plant once again under threat and raised risks of another radioactive catastrophe.
April 24, 2026
Energy
EBRD Eyes $585M to Repair Chornobyl Shelter Damaged by Russian Drones, VP Says
EBRD’s banking vice president told Kyiv Post Russia’s drone hit on the Chornobyl shelter caused corrosion that could compromise the whole system if not repaired.
Updated: May 1, 2026
Kyiv
Large-Scale Multimedia Exhibition on Chornobyl to Open in Kyiv With EU Support
The “Chernobyl. 40 Years On” exhibition will open at the Toronto-Kyiv complex in Kyiv – a multimedia project exploring the 1986 disaster and the future of nuclear energy amid war.
April 20, 2026
Russia
France: Russian Strike on Chornobyl Caused €500M Damage
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot presented the first financial estimate of the damage caused by the Russian drone strike, which stands at over $576 million, to his G7 counterparts.
March 26, 2026
War in Ukraine
Inside Chornobyl, Ukraine Scrambles to Repair Radiation Shield
In February, a Russian drone hit and left a large hole in the New Safe Confinement (NSC), the outer of two radiation shells covering the remnants of the nuclear power plant.
Dec. 26, 2025