This Day in History: , Nuclear Disaster
at Chernobyl.
April 26, 1986.
The disaster at Chernobyl, located about 65 miles from Kiev in the former Soviet Union, is the worst nuclear power plant accident to date.
50 tons of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere after an explosion of the Number 4 reactor, caused by an engineering experiment.
The 30,000 residents of
the nearby community of
Pripyat were evacuated the next day.
The Soviet government
attempted a cover-up.
But two days after the disaster, radiation levels
800 miles away in Sweden were detected at
40% higher than the normal level.
32 people were initially
killed in the Chernobyl plant.
5,000 Soviets eventually died
from radiation-induced illnesses.
Millions of acres of forest
and farmland across Northern
and Eastern Europe were contaminated.
The former residents of
Pripyat have never returned
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kiev has credible intelligence that Russia plans to disrupt the Global Peace Summit to be held in Switzerland in June.
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Euronews Reporter Valérie Gauriat travels to Kyiv and the Donbas to see how Ukraine's population are coping with a conflict that has become part of their daily lives.
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Early Wednesday morning, Russian missiles struck Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, causing significant damage to residential buildings and injuring six people, as reported by Governor Oleh Synehubov via Telegram. The attack ravaged three residential buildings, two offices, three non-residential structures, and even ruptured a gas pipeline in the city's central district, according to the governor's statement. A total of 568 windows and 33 cars were also damaged in the assault, amplifying the extent of destruction wrought by the missiles.
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Russia fired five missiles at Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing four and injuring 20, damaging homes and industrial sites. Journalists covering the aftermath were among the wounded. Amidst chaos, reporters administered first aid before emergency responders arrived. Ukraine's air force issued a ballistic missile alert, while Kharkiv faced intense air attacks.
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