A Ukrainian exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on 17 August, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the nearby power plant AFP via Getty Images
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February was an extraordinary event for many reasons, yet it also marked a dangerous first in the history of warfare: a country with a large and advanced network of nuclear power plants was turned into a battleground.
Ukraine contains Chernobyl, the infamous site of the 1986 reactor disaster, as well as Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Zaporizhzhia. In all, Ukraine has the seventh …
