Chernobyl

Ukrainian authorities are claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed his troops who have taken over the Chernobyl nuclear reactor to “create a man-made catastrophe” at the site, media outlets reported on Saturday citing the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The order appeared to be part of what the US is…

Petros Giannakouris/AP Refugees who fled the war from Ukraine get on the bus at the Medyka border crossing in Poland. Russia is more than two weeks into its invasion of Ukraine, targeting new cities as it continues its attack on the eastern European nation. Read More

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Image: Edward Neyburg/Getty Images Ukrainian defense officials have made the alarming allegation that Russian troops are preparing a terrorist attack at Chernobyl, though there’s currently no public evidence that anything is planned there. The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine announced on its Facebook page Friday…

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Russia is stockpiling corpses of dead Ukrainian soldiers to plant as evidence in a false flag operation at Chernobyl, Ukrainian officials have warned. Kyiv's Military Intelligence Directorate said Vladimir Putin planned to release radioactive waste in what would amount to a “terrorist attack”. In a statement, it said Kremlin forces…

Two weeks ago, Russian forces seized control of the defunct Chernobyl, once the site of the world’s worst nuclear meltdown, and Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s biggest active nuclear power plant, raising concerns of nuclear risks in the middle of a war zone.  Although Chernobyl’s last reactor went offline in 2000, the site…

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there is no confirmation that power has been restored at Chernobyl It is not clear if power has been restored to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant (Image: Russian Defence Ministry/TASS) Fears are growing over nuclear safety at…

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Russia’s deputy energy minister said Thursday that the electricity lines to the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant site have been repaired, but the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said there was no confirmation that power to the former plant has been restored. Yevgeny Grabchak was quoted in the…