At least it happened, again, ~~after~~ before the damage was fully repaired from the last time it happened.
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masklinnMay 8, 2026
+42
The damage from last time is not repaired let alone fully. The fire was contained and stopped but the NSC is compromised and needs to be repaired which will take a while, the decommissioning timeline has been pushed back years.
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RyanNotBrianMay 10, 2026
+3
This can be a little misleading.
The breach has been repaired, no radiation is getting out. This is what most people are concerned about.
But you're right, they haven't completed the internal repairs needed to dismantle the old reactor.
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pyggiMay 10, 2026
+2
There have been temporary repairs but I think the post above is referring to longer term repairs needed after damage from the first breach
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RyanNotBrianMay 10, 2026
+1
Yes, that's true. The long term damage is bad because they can't remove the radiation source.
But without context it sounds like there's a gaping hole spewing rads back into the world.
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RadarkerMay 9, 2026
+3
Breath deep everyone!
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[deleted]May 8, 2026
-16
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Tachou54321May 8, 2026
+12
You will get downvoted, because it’s a trash take.
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supercyberlurkerMay 8, 2026
+609
Is there a good reason they coded that as “drone crash started a fire” and not just “drone attack started a fire”?
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td192020May 8, 2026
+327
I'm gonna assume that Chernobyl was not the intended target and that it instead crashed into the area. The article does mention recent attacks, and the previous attacks on the area.
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Bowdlerizer69May 8, 2026
+147
Must've accidentally flown into an anomaly.
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GullexMay 8, 2026
+79
Get out of here, stalker.
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KHRAKEMay 8, 2026
+21
За Моноліт!!
21
pepsandeggsMay 8, 2026
+15
I said come in! Don’t stand there
15
SlinovMay 8, 2026
+19
One of those annoying lightning ball motherfuckers who chase you
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withoutapaddleMay 9, 2026
+10
Gotta remove your artifacts!
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SeanchadMay 9, 2026
+10
Wait, is this legitimately the way to avoid those things?
10
DuskShyMay 9, 2026
+5
Yea lol but it'll still zap you if you touch it
5
withoutapaddleMay 10, 2026
+1
Yes, they only chase people with artifacts in their s****! Good hunting, stalker.
1
UltiMay 8, 2026
+5
Deggy's going to have to go in there and find the flight recorder data...
5
A1ChainingMay 8, 2026
+2
Don’t let the door hit you.
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rd4635May 8, 2026
+1
"Blob shaped anomaly "
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ASValourousMay 9, 2026
+1
Quick get a Skif in there
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factotum-May 8, 2026
+29
What was the intended target? An apartment building in Kharkiv? These psychopaths are capable of anything
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TamaDaryaMay 10, 2026
+1
>no comment on the origin or type of the device
Non-zero chance it was an outbound Ukrainian drone.
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agaloch2314May 8, 2026
+16
Chernobyl has been attacked several times. It’s not an accident.
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rjgincaMay 8, 2026
+16
Chernobyl was absolutely attacked and the damage has been deemed irreparable.
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tdgrosMay 8, 2026
+5
It's a forest fire
5
barra_gianoMay 9, 2026
+8
It's a radioactive forest fire.
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Late_BlooomerMay 9, 2026
+3
Radioactive fire tornado would be interesting 🤨
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Ambitious_Path7581May 9, 2026
+4
This timelines fucked off enough as it is..
But man that would be cool
4
BakerOneMay 9, 2026
+3
Russian has targeted the dome multiple times and I wouldn't put it past the inhumans to cause wild fire to put more people at risk of radiation yet again.
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EntityLtdCoMay 9, 2026
+4
Just remember that when the chernoble event occurred these people denied that a melt down was possible, trapped the civilians and scientists at the reactor, severed communications with the outside world, and began gaslighting other countries who thought something was up. Now, they have clearly targeted the dome with 'accidental' strikes to restart the runaway reaction. They are not to be trusted.
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RyanNotBrianMay 10, 2026
+2
This isn't true, they can't restart the runaway reaction.
2
KaellianMay 9, 2026
+8
Fangorn Forest aside, forest rarely make good military targets.
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MyDumLemonMay 9, 2026
+4
in this case it aerosolizes the soil contaminants; so not a bad target depending on your objectives.
4
jews4beerMay 8, 2026
+26
>The Chernobyl exclusion zone is frequently overflown by Russian drones en route to Kyiv and other targets within Ukraine.
So I mean yea it was an attack. But it's possible the drone itself malfunctioned or was shot down. The article doesn't say, but it's not like the presence of the drone itself doesn't imply it was an attack already. And there is the possibility it was a Ukrainian drone also. That's not to place blame for the situation they're in, but mistakes do happen.
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Middle_Profit1057May 9, 2026
For Ukraine that would mean flying drone through Belarus which is not something that happens
0
NydusRMay 9, 2026
+3
We didn't start the fire?
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bluesam3May 9, 2026
Presumably because it didn't land where it was supposed to.
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MattyTangleMay 8, 2026
-24
It probably means it was one of Ukraine's, en route to Moscow
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Friendly_Soil6617May 8, 2026
+15
Of course, Ukraine is constantly shelling itself. And just recently, it even launched a Shahed drone at the containment structure at the nuclear power plant. Bad, bad Ukraine! /s
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[deleted]May 8, 2026
-21
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Friendly_Soil6617May 8, 2026
+9
Today, 7 May 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Russia to present a note of protest condemning the incident that occurred earlier this morning on the territory of the Republic of Latvia, when several unmanned aerial vehicles entered the municipalities of Rēzekne, Balvi and Ludza from the airspace of the Russian Federation.
The representative of the Russian Embassy was informed that Russia, by waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, is creating risks of security incidents across the wider region. https://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/article/ministry-foreign-affairs-expresses-protest-russia-over-drone-incident-latgale-morning
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Friendly_Soil6617May 8, 2026
+5
Ask the ruzzians why Ukrainian drones flew from their territory to Latvia. These aren't missing strikes; the ruzzians deliberately redirected the drones toward Latvia from their own territory.
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green_flashMay 8, 2026
+203
Bit of a clickbait title. The exclusion zone is fairly large, about 1,000 square miles. Forest fires happen quite regularly and are dealt with by firefighters. It's not the unprecedented apocalyptic scenario some make it out to be.
Right now, it's also raining in the area around Chernobyl: https://www.accuweather.com/en/ua/kyiv/324505/weather-radar/324505
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VangovibinMay 9, 2026
+15
“It’s raining in Chernobyl” is like “it’s snowing on Mt Fuji” in that it’s 7 syllables so you can use it in haikus.
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fleshfinder420May 9, 2026
-38
Truth. Chernobyl isn’t even an active nuclear site either, and what’s left is encased in concrete and steel. A fire isn’t gonna do shit
Your downvotes dont negate what I said. Do your homework on Chernobyl. There’s a great channel on YT called the Chernobyl guy or something and he breaks down almost every aspect of the disaster
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TauCabalanderMay 9, 2026
+47
The soil is contaminated. That's why there is an exclusion zone.
Raising dust and smoke from contaminated trees and plants is not a good thing.
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fleshfinder420May 9, 2026
-12
There’s no cities within at least 20km of Chernobyl, it will be ok.
-12
TauCabalanderMay 9, 2026
+5
Smoke travels a lot further than that, and can even go global.
example: Americans are all too familiar with the fires in Canada.
5
GoldGlove2720May 9, 2026
+4
Wildfire smoke can travel across the globe…
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fleshfinder420May 10, 2026
-7
That’s true but fires don’t generate radioactivity, there’s concentrations in the soil but this isn’t the first or last wildfire to hit Chernobyl
-7
RyanNotBrianMay 10, 2026
+5
The others are right.
Plenty draw the radioactive particles out if the soil and store them. When the tree burns, the smoke contains the particles and spread very far on the wind or get under the upper atmosphere.
Sure, it's not as bad as the original disaster, but that was off-the-charts bad.
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GoldGlove2720May 10, 2026
+3
No shit fires don’t generate radioactivity. No one is saying that. When there is a wildfire smoke carries radioactive particles to other areas.
3
fleshfinder420May 10, 2026
-2
Yeah obviously but people are acting like this is some big deal. Wildfires happen every year dude
-2
Resident_Trouble_579May 8, 2026
+156
That’s not what we meant by celebrating Chernobyl’s 40th anniversary. We did not need fireworks near nuclear facilities people. What’s next? A pool party at Fukushima?
156
NotSoAwfulNameMay 8, 2026
+25
Wait, whose celebrating that?
25
CrumblycheeseMay 8, 2026
+26
I doubt it's a celebration but more a remembrance type thing?
26
ThatGuyWhoKnocksMay 9, 2026
+1
Homer Simpson
1
humboldt77May 9, 2026
+1
D’oh.
1
the_millenial_falconMay 8, 2026
+19
Not a good day for a roadside picnic.
19
DarkFireFenrirMay 8, 2026
+23
Okay, who was the joker who put STALKER on their 2026 bingo card?
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RatCowardMay 9, 2026
+1
А ну, чики-брики и в дамки!
1
frugaleringenieurMay 8, 2026
+59
Nuclear Fire Tornado with Radioactive Rain was not on my Bingo Card for 2026 (that only said Nuke itself)
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Kenny741May 8, 2026
+7
Coming in from 2025 that's pretty much word for word what mine had.
7
Quirky_Potential_662May 8, 2026
+4
I’ve played this game. It’s not fun.
4
Wurm42May 8, 2026
+20
>The Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve (CREBR) wrote in a Telegram post that around 12 square kilometres of land, located to the south-east of the Ukrainian town of Chernobyl and the nuclear plant’s former cooling ponds, are burning due to a drone crash – but didn’t give details on the type or origin of the device. As of Friday afternoon, some 331 people and 75 pieces of equipment are involved in the emergency response.
>“It’s really big. Guys who are working on [the] fire line are breathing air with high concentration of radionuclides,” says Denys Vyshnevskiy at the CREBR. “After the shift, they check concentration radionuclides in the body.”
South-east of the town of Chernobyl is near the river, that should make it easier to get the fire under control.
Has anyone seen a source with more details about the amount of radiation being released?
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tdgrosMay 8, 2026
+19
the first sentence after your quote is "Vyshnevskiy says that 5 to 10 kilometres from the fire, the radiation levels are normal, and there is little risk of contamination outside the exclusion zone."
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jdorjeMay 8, 2026
+9
Radiophobia is understandable, even if super wrong.
The health impact of breathing in radiation from a forest fire is nonexistent. The health impact of firefighters - already highly exposed to toxic smoke in their jobs - breathing in a lot of forest fire smoke can be... almost any level depending on how much.
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SmokeInABottleMay 9, 2026
+1
What about the radiation levels in the f****** smoke though and when that rains down?
1
ppitmMay 9, 2026
+7
> Has anyone seen a source with more details about the amount of radiation being released?
Negligible. The Red Forest (most contaminated part of the Zone) burned down in 2020 and radiation levels barely increased. It's not really a threat.
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Lord_FooshMay 8, 2026
+4
Eyes up stalkers
4
friedchickensundae1May 8, 2026
+4
Its all good everybody, I got this. I've got 50 hours in stalker 2
4
Intrepid_Top_2300May 9, 2026
+5
Use big fans. Blow it all east into Russia.
5
ChornobylChiliMay 9, 2026
+3
Can I please read some good news?
3
BearButts909May 9, 2026
+2
In this timeline? Doubtful
2
GrandhereticMay 9, 2026
+1
No. The answer is no.
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NA_0_10_never_forgetMay 9, 2026
+3
Reminder that the drone attack on the Chernobyl NSC (by Russia) recently set back the plant's complete cleanup from "a few years" to "several decades if we're lucky". It is underreported how much damage was caused
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PonasSumushtinisMay 8, 2026
+7
Oh cool. So we have new virus going around, insane amount of ticks that can end you, possible ww3, and now this? Oh goodie.
Update: Apperently aliens are real too now as per released files. Oh good.
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ridicalisMay 8, 2026
+11
What's this about ticks now?
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Different_Victory_89May 8, 2026
-4
Tick bites are up 600%!
Where have u been? Under a rock?
-4
ridicalisMay 8, 2026
+24
Why, are they under rocks too? Is no place safe anymore?!
24
hhuzarMay 8, 2026
+4
I should've invested in ticks.
4
PloppyTheSpaceshipMay 9, 2026
+2
I should've invested in rocks.
2
snappy773May 9, 2026
+1
1980s called. They don’t recommend this.
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Warstorm1993May 8, 2026
+12
You also forgot the coming Super El Nino and incoming Energy shock. This is fine
12
PonasSumushtinisMay 8, 2026
+1
Oh yeah, this is absolutelly fine.
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FadedP0rp0iseMay 8, 2026
+3
I personally believe that ticks are mother nature fighting back at us. I live in rural PA and I’ve never even seen a tick until about 2016. (34 y/o)
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PotentialIncident7May 8, 2026
+1
Ticks? Where are those ticks?
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PonasSumushtinisMay 8, 2026
Yeah "lone star" ticks.
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Doctor_SavedMay 8, 2026
+1
Good thing its the Exclusion zone.
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SharkCreamMay 9, 2026
+1
The one way to reduce radiation that they didn't want you to know about
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CocconutMonkeyMay 9, 2026
+1
I thought we had a cease-fire in effect...
1
damagedone37May 9, 2026
+1
Only 3.6 Roetengen…
1
Fearless-Ad2819May 9, 2026
+1
The possibility that the fire smoke is radioactive... Hopefully, there won't be much wind.
1
RosebunseMay 9, 2026
+1
Before the war there was talk of re-opening more of the city. It was so close to being relatively safe. Now it will be decades.
1
tnypissdkumquatMay 9, 2026
+1
Russia didn’t learn anything
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EntityLtdCoMay 9, 2026
+1
The fire! Its using landmines to defend itself somehow!
1
Competitive_Yam_87May 9, 2026
+1
Can this hurt us in Europe?
1
AvailableSubstance53May 10, 2026
-1
Good. Slava Ukraine
-1
Creative_Can_2051May 10, 2026
+1
Cyka blyatt
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Unique-Ladder-1990May 8, 2026
it must suck to be in the facility right now. or to be someone trying to stop the fire
0
400footceilingMay 8, 2026
Great. Thanks Russia. Responsible for more deaths to come.
0
mfb-May 9, 2026
+1
This isn't going to kill anyone (at least not from to radiation - fire is hazardous as usual).
1
NoSubstance5286May 8, 2026
-3
Current weather maps indicate that winds are blowing towards Northeast. Resident of Homel should hold their breath.
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