🔇 Turn off the lights. Put on headphones. This is not a drill.1:23 AM on April 26, 1986 — a reactor exploded.The city 3 kilometres away was not told for 36 hours.This is the story of what really happened the night of the Chernobyl disaster.Not the version governments approved. The version the documents reveal.In this episode:— What actually caused the explosion at Reactor No. 4— Why the city of Pripyat was not evacuated for 36 hours— What Soviet officials knew within minutes — and chose not to say— The first responders who walked into radiation nobody told them aboutThis is not a dramatisation. Every fact in this series is sourcedfrom declassified Soviet documents, independent scientific research,and official government investigations.CHERNOBYL: DECLASSIFIED — Full Series▶ Ep.1 — The Night It Happened [YOU ARE HERE]▶ Ep.2 — They Knew. They Said Nothing.▶ Ep.3 — Built To Fail▶ Ep.4 — The Cloud They Said Stopped▶ Ep.5 — Could It Happen Again?This is DECLASSIFIED.Sources: Declassified Soviet documents, IAEA reports, independent scientific research.Some images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain / Creative Commons).All footage featuring minors has been blurred to protect identity. No harm or exploitation is depicted.