On 26 April 1986, the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a containment breach in No. 4 reactor. After the nuclear incident in Chernobyl, which is around 90 kilometers away, as it had suffered considerable fallout. In May 1986, The city was classified as a "zone of guaranteed voluntary resettlement." In addition, the city's economy has suffered greatly from the crisis in the first years after Ukraine's independence and the move to free-market economics.