Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned nuclear power station in Ukraine, located near the city of Pripyat in the Kyiv Oblast. It became infamous in April 1986 when reactor number four exploded, causing the worst civil nuclear disaster in history. The plant's remaining reactors continued operating for some years afterwards, and the facility was finally shut down in December 2000.
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Russia launches massive combined missile and drone strike on Kyiv overnight, killing civilians including a child
In the night of 29–30 September 2026, Russia carried out a large-scale combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine with the main strike direction targeting Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. Ukrainian air defense reported intercepting 5 ballistic missiles and 155 of 188 launched drones. Two women were killed in Kyiv and a child died in Vyshhorod, where rescuers pulled three survivors from the rubble of a destroyed house. Fires and damage were recorded in four Kyiv districts and across multiple Kyiv Oblast districts, and 8,000 Kyiv households lost power before DTEK restored supply.