The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet
Entrance to the Zone of Alienation at Dytiatky, 2010
Satellite image of the reactor and surrounding area in April 2009
The oak Partisan's Tree or Cross Tree. The power plant is visible in the background.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured on 24 February, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, who entered Ukrainian territory from
Packages of Russian field rations left at the Red Forest