Liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kiev region. View from a helicopter window of the construction of the "Shelter" over the damaged fourth power unit of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant named after V. I. Lenin. On April 26, 1986, an explosion occurred at the fourth power unit of the NPP during equipment testing during the reactor shutdown for routine preventive maintenance. Valery Zufarov, Vladimir Repik/TASS