Chernobyl, 40 years since disaster: five things to knowUkraine on Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant -- the worst civilian nuclear disaster i...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.04 AM IST
Ukraine says some Russian missiles fly near Chornobyl, risking major accidentBoth the Chornobyl site and western Ukraine's two-reactor Khmelnytskyi nuclear plant have been on the flight path of Russian hypersonic K...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.09 PM IST
IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagusThe UN nuclear watchdog has said that the protective structure surrounding the exploded reactor at Chernobyl can no longer perform its main...
07 Dec, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
Chernobyl nuclear site’s protective shelter severely damaged in drone attack, cannot confine radiation: UN warnsA Russian drone strike in February 2025 severely damaged the New Safe Confinement at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear site. The structure, desig...
07 Dec, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
Russia, targeting Ukraine's grid, moves to cut off its nuclear plantsRussia hit key electricity transmission facilities linked to Ukraine's nuclear power plants during an attack on the power grid. It was the ...
29 Nov, 2024, 08.22 PM IST
Russia says UN watchdog must be 'more objective' after trip to nuclear plant near fightingRussia calls for a more objective stance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on nuclear safety after the IAEA chief visits a...
28 Aug, 2024, 04.59 PM IST
'Playing with fire': UN warns as team to inspect damage at Ukraine nuclear plantThe shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station follows setbacks for Russian forces in the Kherson region in the south and a Russian...
21 Nov, 2022, 12.07 PM IST
Powerful explosions rock Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: IAEA"Powerful explosions shook area of Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) last night and today. IAEA experts at #ZNPP report a dozen+ blas...
20 Nov, 2022, 06.27 PM IST
Russia, West step up energy war as risk of nuclear disaster haunts UkraineRussia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom blamed a technical fault in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for the delay on Friday. But the high...
03 Sep, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Fighting goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant; IAEA on siteBritain's Defense Ministry says shelling continued in the district where the Zaporizhzhia power plant sits. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Z...
02 Sep, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
Ukraine makes push along entire front, Zelenskiy says, as Russia halts gasSeparately, a team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog set off from Kyiv towards the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine's south to assess any...
31 Aug, 2022, 02.06 PM IST
Ukraine launches counter-offensive to retake Southern Areas from RussiaMeanwhile a team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog headed to Ukraine to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - captured by Russian...
30 Aug, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent missionUkraine and Russia again accused each other of shelling the wider region around the nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, which was briefl...
29 Aug, 2022, 10.54 PM IST
IAEA mission heads to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant near war frontlineCaptured by Russian troops in March but run by Ukrainian staff, Zaporizhzhia has been a hotspot in a conflict that has settled into a war o...
29 Aug, 2022, 04.18 PM IST
Ukraine calls for demilitarised zone around nuclear plant hit by shellingThe United Nations chief called for U.N. nuclear inspectors to be given access to the plant as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for the shellin...
08 Aug, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
IAEA chief to head mission to Chernobyl next weekSince the withdrawal of the Russian military from the Chernobyl plant, Ukraine has taken significant steps for the safe and secure operatio...
23 Apr, 2022, 10.56 AM IST
IAEA calls on all parties to refrain from actions that threatens safety of Ukraine's nuclear power plantsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Ukraine has four nuclear power sites with a total of 15 reactors, providing roughly...
27 Feb, 2022, 01.13 PM IST