{"id":109549,"date":"2026-04-29T23:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/40-years-after-the-explosion-chernobyl-site-faces-new-threats-from-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:15:11","slug":"40-years-after-the-explosion-chernobyl-site-faces-new-threats-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/40-years-after-the-explosion-chernobyl-site-faces-new-threats-from-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"40 years after the explosion, Chernobyl site faces new threats from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"site-content\">\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">New video loaded: <!-- -->40 years after the explosion, Chernobyl site faces new threats from Russia<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<header class=\"css-jgknzh\">\n<div class=\"css-1gn3fip\">\n<div class=\"css-vabf4\">\n<div class=\"css-1331l0f\"><nyt-betamax class=\"css-wkvudm\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/player-0.2.44-CnxAEwcy.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-cover><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/cover-0.2.44-eTrf0IGY.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><nyt-betamax-poster><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/poster-0.2.44-BdueiXaE.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-poster><\/nyt-betamax-cover><nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/overlay-controls-0.2.44-BN-qu2gk.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/share-button-0.2.44-L0OSgS9i.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-overlay-controls><nyt-betamax-ads><template shadowrootmode=\"open\" slotassignment=\"named\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/video-static\/betamax\/ads-0.2.44-C_YVzzUG.css\" crossorigin=\"\"\/><\/template><\/nyt-betamax-ads><\/nyt-betamax><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1r2245g\"><span class=\"css-hple31\">Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, officials are grappling with the impact of a 2025 Russian drone attack that has set back decades of efforts to prevent it. 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