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Ukraine invasion

Environment

Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash

A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control

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Head of the Chernobyl Meteorological Station Lyudmila Dyblenko in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, December 16, 2025.

Society

My life as a meteorologist in Chernobyl under Russian occupation

Features

Chernobyl 2022

Physics

Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster

Features

Physics

Chernobyl cooling systems have lost power but meltdown risk is low

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Technology

Stealth radio hides signal in background noise to protect drone pilots

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Technology

Can any nation protect against a Ukraine-style drone smuggling attack?

Analysis

Kakhovka dam after its destruction

Environment

Destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam left behind a toxic legacy

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by KATERYNA KLOCHKO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (14349659f) Ukrainian servicemen from the 108th Brigade of Territorial Defence prepare to fly a Ukraine-made multi-purpose drone Leleka-100 on a field near a frontline in the direction of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, 15 February 2024, amid the Russian invasion. Russian troops entered Ukrainian territory on 24 February 2022, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. Ukraine's Territorial Defense Brigade operates drones near Zaporizhzhia frontline - 15 Feb 2024

Technology

How the drone battles of Ukraine are shaping the future of war

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Technology

Which AI chatbot is best at avoiding disinformation?

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Technology

Drone versus drone combat is bringing a new kind of warfare to Ukraine

Machines are fighting machines on the Ukrainian battlefield, as a technological arms race has given birth to a new way to wage war

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Society

Should Ukraine capture a Russian nuclear power plant?

Analysis

Technology

Russia is building ground-based kamikaze robots out of old hoverboards

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Technology

Ukraine is using AI to manage the removal of Russian landmines

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Environment

Russia faces $32 billion bill for carbon emissions from Ukraine war

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