The First Time The Chernobyl Incident Was Reported

This video captures the haunting moment when the media officially announced the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on television in 1986. Against a backdrop of carefully measured words and stoic delivery, the broadcast reveals the state's attempt to maintain control amid a crisis of unimaginable scale. Viewers are transported back to a time of Cold War secrecy, as the gravity of the reactor explosion—and the initial downplaying of its consequences—unfolds before a nation that had yet to grasp the full horror of what had occurred.

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When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was announced on TV in 1986 pic.twitter.com/PLwWHQIeQ5

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