A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 26, 1986, an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused radioactive fallout to ...

In the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, a bell rang 25 times Tuesday morning, marking each year that has passed since the world's worst nuclear disaster. Many people who lived through the 1986 Chernobyl ...

THE Ukrainian widow of the first Chernobyl victim has been killed by a Russian drone blast. Nataliia Khodemchuk died after ...

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, concerns are growing now that the conflict has reached Chernobyl. This week, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, ...

The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. By Kim Barker and Brendan Hoffman ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against a repeat of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, as the country marked the anniversary of the 1986 disaster at the power plant. "Europe's largest ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was nearly 36 years ago, but it is again in the news after reports surfaced Wednesday morning that Russian forces have cut power to the facility ...

The widow of the first victim of the Chernobyl disaster was killed in a Russian drone strike on her apartment block. Nataliia Khodemchuk was the wife of Valery Khodemchuk, a circulating-pump operator ...

Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have captured Chernobyl, the region in the northern part of Ukraine that saw the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. The news came just hours after ...

A husband died in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, and his wife in a Russian drone attack—separated by 39 years.

A woman who survived the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 was killed in a Russian strike on Ukraine. Natalia Khodemchuk was ...