A wildfire is spreading through the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone – one of the world’s most sensitive radioactive areas – on Thursday, May 8, as a result of a drone crash . Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the fire had already engulfed more than 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) of forest in the exclusion zone in the Kyiv region, adding that strong winds, dry weather, and landmines are complicating firefighting efforts. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . “