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Alamy Live News. 2PM361B This handout photo released by the Head of the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district Oleg Bondarenko on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, shows volcanic ash covering the ground in Ust-Kamchatsky district after the Shiveluch volcano's eruption on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russian far east. Shiveluch, one of Russia's most active volcanoes, erupted Tuesday, spewing clouds of ash 20 kilometers into the sky and covering broad areas with ash. (The Head of the Ust-Kamchatsky municipal district Oleg Bondarenko via AP) This is an Alamy Live News image and may not be part of your current Alamy deal . If you are unsure, please contact our sales team to check.

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Shiveluch volcano eruption in Russia smothers nearby villages in ash

The eruption of the Shiveluch volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on 11 April sent plumes of volcanic ash many kilometres into the air and could affect flights

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TOPSHOT - Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuers attend an exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia on August 17, 2022, in case of a possible nuclear incident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant located near the city. - Ukraine remains deeply scarred by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, when a Soviet-era reactor exploded and streamed radiation into the atmosphere in the country's north. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was occupied in the early days of the war and it has remained in Russian hands ever since. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war

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A long line of people walk in the same direction along a roadside in a mountainous region of the border between southwestern Russia and Georgia.

Technology

Hundreds of Russia's top software developers may have left the country

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A member of the Ukrainian territorial defence units talks on their phone during observation of Russian troops movements around the village of Velyka Dymerka, 40km east of Kyiv, on 9 March

Technology

Russia and Ukraine are both weaponising mobile phones to track troops

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP/Shutterstock (12883323k) View of the shelter construction covers the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine Russia War, Chernobyl, Ukraine - 05 Apr 2022

Physics

Chernobyl radiation spike may have just been electrical interference

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Russian forces at Chernobyl

Health

Ukraine reclaims Chernobyl nuclear plant as Russian forces withdraw

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Riga, Latvia - March 05, 2022: Protest against war in Ukraine and Russia's invasion. Crowd of people with flags, signs and posters at demonstration in support of Ukraine to demand Putin to stop war.; Shutterstock ID 2132631761; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Environment

Russian tanks are devastating an idyllic Ukrainian wetland wilderness

Comment

Satellite imagery of destroyed homes and buildings in Sumy, Ukraine on 14 March

Technology

Is Russia getting ready to use chemical weapons in Ukraine?

Analysis

Boston - March 6: People hold a banner reading Stand with Ukraine! Stop buying Russian oil as they take part in a Peace March for Ukraine from Copley Square to Parkman Bandstand on the Boston Common in Boston on March 6, 2022. The protests marked the second straight Sunday people have marched through Boston, as Russias invasion of its neighbor entered its 11th day. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Environment

How the war in Ukraine will change the way the world uses energy

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MEDYKA, POLAND - MARCH 09: Iryna Holoshchapova, a Ukrainian refugee who fled the embattled city of Mykolaiv, shows a video on her smartphone of a friend's apartment block in Mykolaiv on fire following a Russian attack as she, her son Tibor and mother Halina rest in a heated tent at the Medyka border crossing on March 09, 2022 in Medyka, Poland. Yulia said her friend was not in the building when it was struck. Over one million people have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since the Russian invasion of February 24, and while many are now living with relatives who live and work in Poland, others are journeying onward to other countries in Europe. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Humans

The internet is a key battleground for truth about the Ukraine war

The threats of cyberwarfare and online disinformation loom over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but even in this online age, war is still life or death for those in the firing line

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Physics

Nuclear safety regulators urge Russia to grant access to Chernobyl

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Technology

IT Army of Ukraine: The amateur hacker team striking at Russia

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Technology

Why hasn't Russia waged an all-out cyberwar against Ukraine?

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Physics

Chernobyl power cut sparks fears of potential for radiation leaks

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