Chernobyl

Author of the article: A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Sunday of “irresponsible” acts around the occupied Chernobyl power station that could send radiation across much of Europe, and urged the United Nations to dispatch a mission to assess the risks. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian forces…

Demonstrators hold Ukrainian flags during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast, on March 26.SOCIAL MEDIA/Reuters Russian forces have left the Ukrainian town of Slavutych, home to workers at the defunct nuclear plant of Chernobyl, after completing their task of surveying it, the mayor said early…

Topline The Russian convoy that took Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant the day Russia invaded the country drove through a highly toxic zone near the plant without anti-radiation gear, stirring up contaminated soil and exposing themselves to highly dangerous radiation, according to Reuters. A sign warns of radiation contamination near…

A Ukrainian soldier walks past debris of a burning military truck, on a street in Kyiv. Photo: AP/file KYIV: Russian forces took control of a town where staff working at the Chernobyl nuclear site live and briefly detained the mayor, sparking protests, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. "I have been released. Everything…

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Firefighters battle a blaze at an industrial facility after a Russian military attack in the area on March 26, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Here are the latest updates on the war in Ukraine:A pair of Russian missiles slammed into an oil depot in the western city of Lviv…

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A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, April 5, 2017.Gleb Garanich/Reuters Russian forces have taken control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, the…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comLVIV, Ukraine March 26 (Reuters) - Russian forces have taken control of Ukraine's Slavutych, where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, and three people were killed, Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted the local mayor as saying. The governor of Kyiv region,…

Russian forces have not only looted and destroyed a laboratory used to monitor nuclear waste at Chernobyl, but an undetonated rocket is now primed to explode at any minute in a Kharkiv nuclear facility, Ukrainian regulators said Wednesday. The country’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate said personnel checking out the nuclear…