Serhii Plokhy

2 weeks ago | journalofdemocracy.org | Serhii Plokhy |Robert Person |Michael A. McFaul

Just weeks before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping proclaimed a “partnership without limits” between Russia and China. The autocrats reaffirmed the bond this year on the anniversary of the invasion. Now Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia and have intelligence indicating there are many more.

Aug 27, 2024 | nuclear-news.net | Serhii Plokhy |Christina MacPherson

The heroes who saved the world from Chernobyl Two. they were facing a life-or-death decision – stay or go. The Russians had told them they could leave – but what would happen if there was no one to monitor the radiation and ensure its safety? the choices they made saved the world from another Chernobyl disaster.

Aug 26, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Serhii Plokhy

This piece is adapted from “Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone,” Serhii Plokhy’s forthcoming book documenting the 2022 invasion and occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear sites in Ukraine. Plokhy, a professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, is also the author of “Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe.”On Feb. 24, 2022, the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armored vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear power station.

Aug 26, 2024 | rsn.org | Serhii Plokhy

A crew of workers were trapped at nuclear site under Russian occupation — until brave compatriots gathered to take their place. This piece is adapted from “Chernobyl Roulette: War in the Nuclear Disaster Zone,” Serhii Plokhy’s forthcoming book documenting the 2022 invasion and occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear sites in Ukraine. Plokhy, a professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, is also the author of “Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe.” On Feb.

Aug 24, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Serhii Plokhy

Even though he had one of the most challenging jobs in the world as the man in charge of the night-shift at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, nothing fazed Valentyn Heiko. Three-and-a-half decades after the disastrous meltdown in 1986, round-the-clock monitoring of the site in Ukraine continued for deadly radioactive fallout from its defunct reactors and facilities. On March 1, 2022, Heiko wished staff via loudspeaker ‘peace of the spirit’.