The last two months have seen the anniversaries of the two worst civilian nuclear catastrophes in history.

This year marks 40 years since the Chornobyl disaster on 26 April 1986.

Four decades after the 1986 nuclear disaster, the Chernobyl exclusion zone has transformed into a vast, unintended nature reserve where wildlife is thriving in the absence of humans .

The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Friday that a drone strike damaged an outer wall of the protective dome covering the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine, sparking a fire. The 1986 Chernobyl disaster is regarded as the worst nuclear accident in history.

The Kremlin has dismissed reports claiming that Russia targeted the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, labeling the allegations as "fake" and a "provocation" intended to disrupt international negotiations.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that a Russian drone attack has hit the radiation shelter protecting Chernobyl's damaged nuclear reactor.

By Sabina Alizade

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