Maria, 21, is the only child born and raised in the critically contaminated exclusion zone following the Chernobyl disaster. The girl was born and stayed in the zone because the authorities denied her parents the right to get another place to live. Many people call ...

Ukraine wants to reduce the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, limiting it to a radius of 10 km, said Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Igor Shevchenko. Now the radius of the zone is 30 km. After reduction in the rest of the territory, a biosphere reserve can be created, in which ...