Chornobyl 40 Years On: Nighttime Memorial Event Gathers Hundreds
An exclusive Kyiv Post report from the city of Slavutych, which hosted a memorial event honoring the deceased liquidators of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident.

An exclusive Kyiv Post report from the city of Slavutych, which hosted a memorial event honoring the deceased liquidators of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident.


The outgoing Hungarian leader announced he will step down as an MP to focus on reforming his Fidesz party, which recently lost its grip on power after 16 years.
On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the world to prevent nuclear terrorism by Russia.

Sweden received the largest fallout of radioactive cesium outside the Soviet Union – 1,000 km from Chornobyl. Four decades later, what impact has the disaster had on Swedish society?

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has called for decisive measures against Russia over its use of nuclear energy for military purposes on the anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.