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The Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the New Safe Confinement structure that was built to shield the damaged Reactor No. 4, is seen on Monday, April 6, 2026, from the abandoned town of Pripyat, Ukraine, where the workers at the plant once lived. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks at Chernobyl. Then Russia invaded

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart. The first, on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly radiation that raised fears across Europe and some say hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union.

National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Alex Vindman, who testified against Trump during his first impeachment, enters Florida Senate race

A drone carries a mortar shell as soldiers take part in the U.S.-led Immediate Response 25 military exercise in Petrochori, Greece, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Trump’s new drone orders aim to counter threats while encouraging flying cars and supersonic flights

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House slashing staff in major overhaul of National Security Council, officials say

President Donald Trump speaks before Steve Witkoff is sworn as special envoy during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Russian drone attack rekindles Ukrainians’ memories of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

The Russian drone hit the outer layer of what is known as the New Safe Confinement structure, or NSC, the vast, $2.1 billion arch-like shell that was completed in 2019 to enclose the original, hastily built concrete “sarcophagus” to keep the damaged Reactor No. 4 and its deadly debris from leaking radiation. (AP Video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko)

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a television interview at the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Waltz to depart from Trump administration following Signal chat fallout

Emergency personnel work at the site of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

At least 9 dead in drone strikes after US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

President Donald Trump waves outside the Oval Office as he arrives at the White House, Sunday, April 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Donald Trump arrives at a swearing in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks ‘coming to a head’ and ‘no one is playing’ him in push to end war

President Donald Trump, center, arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency

Laura Loomer arrives with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at Philadelphia International Airport, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)

A look at Laura Loomer, longtime Trump ally criticized for racist posts and Sept. 11 conspiracies

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump fires NSC officials a day after far-right activist raises concerns to him about staff loyalty

President Donald Trump gestures as he departs a reception celebrating Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as a minor ‘glitch’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House, Friday, March 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump officials texted attack plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist

This photo provided by Thailand's daily web newspaper Prachatai shows a truck with black tape covering the windows leave a detention center in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 27, 2025. (Nuttaphol Meksobhon/Prachatai via AP, File)

Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials

Usha Vance attends a campaign rally, Nov. 1, 2024, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, File)

Greenland’s leader laments ‘mess’ as US vice president’s wife to visit island coveted by Trump

Usha Vance attends a campaign rally, Nov. 1, 2024, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, File)

Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland as Trump talks up US takeover

A Taiwan national flag flutters near the Taipei 101 building at the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, May 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Trump’s abrupt change of US policy on Ukraine raises questions about Taiwan support

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te speaks at a press conference after a security meeting about U.S. President Trump's tariffs on trade partners and semiconductors at the Presidential office in Taipei, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan pledges to communicate and invest more in the US after Trump tariff threats

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video conference meeting with Bryansk Region Governor Alexander Bogomaz at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow Russia, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia rejoices at Trump-Putin call as Zelenskyy rejects talks without Ukraine present

Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

President Donald Trump signs an executive order as he attends an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event at Capital One Arena, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Capitol Hill, Feb. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda

Chinese President Xi Jinping takes part in the Economic Leaders Meeting during the APEC summit in Lima, Peru on Nov. 16, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick /The Canadian Press via AP, File)

China and US partners are moving closer as Trump returns to the White House

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, left, and Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo shake hands after a joint press conference in Taguig City, Philippines Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Lisa Marie David/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan and Philippines plan to convey to Trump the need for US engagement in Asia

In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, an animal caretaker labels a blood sample collected from a dairy calf vaccinated against bird flu at the National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (USDA Agricultural Research Service via AP, File)

Biden health officials say they built up US pandemic defenses. Trump promises changes

The White House is seen in Washington, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, as the presidential campaign comes to an end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda

A helicopter flies over soldiers during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan holds military drills as concerns rise over possible defense budget cut

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, hugs President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives at the Elysee Palace, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Trump isn’t back in office but he’s already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders

FILE - Retired U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott, testifies during a House Committee Homeland Security hearing, June 14, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection

FILE - Former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker waves as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

FILE - Gov. Doug Burgum, R-ND., speaks during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen, center, and US Ambassador to Peru Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath wave on the airport tarmac ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Biden arrives in Peru for international summit and meeting with Xi as world leaders brace for Trump

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign town hall, Oct. 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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