At least 16 dead in strikes as Chernobyl anniversary highlights nuclear risks of Russia-Ukraine war - AP News

At least 16 dead in strikes as Chernobyl anniversary highlights nuclear risks of Russia-Ukraine war  AP News

40 years after Chernobyl: 'All information related to the accident was classified as top secret'

In an interview with Le Monde, historian Galia Ackerman describes what happened before the Chernobyl disaster and the incompetence of the Soviet regime, which deliberately hid the truth about the catastrophe's severity from the public.

40 years since the world’s worst nuclear disaster in Ukraine

40 years since the world’s worst nuclear disaster in Ukraine

Zelenskyy and IAEA director general visit Chornobyl Museum, while Ukraine's interior minister reports on Chernobyl confinement

By KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO

40 years since Chernobyl disaster: Soviet Union's 'top-down culture' partly to blame

Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday. FRANCE 24 spoke with Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London, to look back at the tragic event that marked history. Pointing to various factors that caused the explosion at Chernobyl, Bluck said that the Soviet Union's culting of top-down rule was also at blame.

By FRANCE24

Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster

Taoiseach pays tribute to ‘courage and resilience’ of Chernobyl survivors on anniversary

Continuing war in Ukraine a reminder that struggle for safety is far from over, Micheál Martin says in Cork

By Olivia Kelleher

Chernobyl disaster: 40 years on, why nuclear accident remains the most expensive ever

Chernobyl, 40 years on: the disaster that triggered the downfall of a superpower

As radiation spread across Europe in April 1986, so did the truth about a political system built on silence. Four decades on, RFI spoke to history and politics professor Oleg Kobtzeff about how the Chernobyl nuclear disaster exposed the USSR's culture of secrecy, and was among the catalysts for its collapse.

By David Coffey

Ukraine accuses Russia on 40th anniversary of Chornobyl

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "nuclear terrorism" today, as Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster amid deadly new drone attacks.

Ukraine marks 40 years since Chernobyl nuclear disaster

Ukraine is marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with commemorations at the former nuclear power plant in the north of the country, alongside remembrance events in Kyiv and other cities. President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to attend a ceremony at the site of the damaged reactor. Authorities have introduced strict security measures […]

Taoiseach praises courage of those who have endured the legacy of Chernobyl 40 years on

Micheál Martin said that the ongoing war in Ukraine reminds us ‘that the struggle for dignity, safety, and hope is far from over’.

'Constant reminder of real threat:' World marks 40th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster - kyivindependent.com

'Constant reminder of real threat:' World marks 40th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster  kyivindependent.com

Ukrainian officials and foreign representatives honor Chernobyl cleanup workers

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Moldovan President Maia Sandu, representatives of the Ukrainian government, and foreign delegations paid tribute to the memory of the accident’s liquidators on the anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.