February 6, 2022, Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine: Souvenirs for sale at a checkpoint at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on February 6, 2022 in Ukraine. Russian continues its military buildup across the border in Belarus, 15 kilometers from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The quickest way to Kyiv from the north is through Belarus, directly through this area, a distance of 120 kilometers. The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is considered the worst nuclear disaster in history both in cost and casualties. Credit Image: Bryan Smith/ZUMA Press Wire Pictured: GV,General View World Rights, No Argentina Rights, No Austria Rights, No Belgium Rights, No China Rights, No Czechia Rights, No Finland Rights, No France Rights, No Germany Rights, No Hungary Rights, No Japan Rights, No Mexico Rights, No Netherlands Rights, No Norway Rights, No Peru Rights, No Portugal Rights, No Slovenia Rights, No Sweden Rights, No Switzerland Rights, No Taiwan Rights, No United Kingdom Rights