Forty years after nuclear disaster, Ukraine's Chornobyl plant is haunted by war

By Kurdo

Apr 26, 2026
Forty years after nuclear disaster, Ukraine's Chornobyl plant is haunted by war

CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, Ukraine, April 24 (Reuters) - Denys Khomenko betrays no emotion recalling the night last year when a Russian strike drone tore into the protective arc covering the part ​of the Chornobyl nuclear plant that suffered the world's worst nuclear disaster - narrowly avoiding another tragedy.

Maintaining composure at all times was critical to ‌the high-stakes job of keeping the stricken plant powered and protected as it is slowly decommissioned 40 years on, he said.