Ukraine - Blast in coal mine kills at least 9 Nine bodies of miners have been recovered from inside the coal mine hit by an explosion on May 3 in the territory controlled by the militants in eastern Ukrainian Luhansk region, the…
Final death toll ranges from 9,000 to 90,000 depending on the source KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — With flowers, candles and tears, Ukraine on Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, the world's worst nuclear…
Several firefighters are feared to have died in a huge explosion at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on June 9. The subsequent fire was described as "gigantic" by the country's interior minister, Arsen Avakov. Three firefighters are…
Wildfires raged out of control Tuesday mere miles from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, threatening to release dangerous amounts of radiation over northern Ukraine. Heavy gusts fueled the blaze inside…
A director of a mine in a rebel-held part of east Ukraine has been arrested over a blast that killed 34 miners last week, separatist press service DAN reported on Monday, quoting prosecutors. The man, who was not named, was…
The suffering in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine continued this week after a mine blast killed at least 33 workers. The blast happened just before dawn, more than 1,000 meters underground. While it happened in a Ukrainian region that's…
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A powerful explosion rocked a chemical plant and set it on fire Monday outside the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Rebels said the plant was hit by government shelling. No casualties or damage were immediately…
A fire caused by a short circuit in a transformer of the South Ukraine nuclear power plant was extinguished within two hours yesterday, Energoatom, the country's state-owned nuclear power plant operator, said today. The AT-1 grid automatic transformer tripped at…
