War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Chornobyl

7 June 2026
A handout image from Ukraine's Energoatom shows damage to a spent nuclear fuel storage facility following what the company said was a drone strike near Chornobyl
A handout image from Ukraine's Energoatom shows damage to a spent nuclear fuel storage facility following what the company said was a drone strike near Chornobyl, Ukraine, in an undated image released June 7, 2026.
— Photo by Energoatom / Handout via / Reuters


8 April 2022
room in an administrative building in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
General view of a room in an administrative building in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, where Ukrainian National Guard servicemen were held as hostages since the start of Russian invasion, on April 8.
— Photo by Mikhail Palinchak / EPA / EFE/ Shutterstock