Inside the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

This week’s featured article is “Inside the Russian Occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone,” by Matthew Petti. This article originally appeared in print under the headline “The Occupation of Chernobyl.”

This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward.

Music credits: “Deep in Thought,” by CTRL S, and “Sunsettling,” by Man With Roses