Wildfires in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone degrade air quality in Kyiv
Late‑June wildfires in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone produced smoke that lowered air quality in Kyiv, with Ukrainian authorities linking the blazes to fallen Russian drones.
Wildfires broke out in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in late June 2026, generating smoke that degraded air quality in Kyiv.
Ukraine attributes the fires to crashed or fallen Russian drones.
According to United24 Media, Ukrainian agencies reported on June 29 that emergency services were deployed to extinguish the fires in the exclusion zone, and that one fire inside a nature‑conservation research department was completely extinguished on that date.
United24 Media also noted that operations to contain the remaining active fires were ongoing as of June 29.
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