[0xbear]

Proof: Soviet TV as of April 26. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EdubXu5GYxA

“And this is the main building of the station itself. As you can see there is no major destruction incessantly touted by the Western press...”

[pvg]

This isn't from April 26th 1986. How can it possibly be, the 'Western press' didn't know about the accident then. It's also not a 'flat out denial anything had happened at all', you're just misremembering that part.