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>> russian forces have also handed back control of the chernobyl power plant more than a month after taking it over. ukraines state power company says it came after soldiers received, quote, significant doses of radiation possibly while digging trenches in contaminated soil. but i dont ever night, president zelenskyy says he believes russian withdrawals are just a military tactic to prepare for a heavier assault on eastern ukraine in the area known as donbas. as if to prove the point, heavy shel...

>> we will fight from every window. we will fight from every basement. we have enough anti-tank missiles, thanks for our allies from united kingdom, from united states, so they will -- they will lose tanks every street. every block. every crossroads. >> reporter: there are more and more barricades going up in and around the capital. theyre digging trenches, and this is in the middle of the city. although were not showing the location for security reasons. either way, soldiers and civilians are p...

>> reporter: yes, there are concerns here. i have to point out lviv is one of the last safe zones in ukraine. waves and waves of displaced people have come here to flee the war-torn eastern part of this country, south and north as well. and theyre seeking refuge here, but all of these attacks that have taken place on the outskirts of kyiv, on that air maintenance facility, on that military base last sunday have rattled people. you know, theyre already very scared from the places that theyve left...

From the chernobyl nuclear plant after being exposed to high doses of radiation. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel begins our coverage this morning from eastern ukraine. >> reporter: russias military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine. some, self-inflicted. ukraines state nuclear company says two columns of russian troops left the chernobyl nuclear disaster site, still contaminated from the 1986 meltdown. the company said the russians are leaving after digging trenches in...

To determine the level of r radi radiation russian troops were exposed to. in a telegram message, he said troops may have received significant exposure while digging trenches. the director of the nuclear facilities also confirmed russian forces have now withdrawn from the plant and the territory surrounding it. later, the u.n. nuclear watchdog says what is happening around ukraines nuclear power plants, all of them, is dangerous uncharted territory. rafael grossi just came back from a trip to uk...

One official telling nbc that some senior russian government officials were not on the same page as putin about the invasion entirely. nbcs richard engel is in ukraine with the latest on russias struggle to control the country. >> russias military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine, some self inflicted. but today, maybe one of the biggest yet. ukraine state nuclear company says two columns of russian troops left the chernobyl nuclear disaster site, still contaminated from the 1986 meltdow...

Military activity and then after those talks he tried to portray that as some kind of goodwill gesture for future talks. like clearly this is why the u.s. and nato officials are all saying theyll judge the russians by their actions, because clearly -- >> you cant trust their words. in the beginning of the war we had the incident that happened in zaporizhzhia and also this concern about chernobyl. i understand youre getting some new information about the chernobyl nuclear power plant. >> what wer...

One official telling nbc that some senior russian government officials were not on the same page as putin about the invasion entirely. nbcs richard engel is in ukraine with the latest on russias struggle to control the country. >> russias military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine, some self inflicted. but today, maybe one of the biggest yet. ukraine state nuclear company says two columns of russian troops left the chernobyl nuclear disaster site, still contaminated from the 1986 meltdow...

And thats a challenge for a president who is already low in the polls. >> for all the chaos and the military fill jury, those russian forces continue their attack on ukraine. officials say the past 24 hours russian troops have heavily bombed areas around the capital of kyiv and the northern city destroying several homes in the process. ukraine says its forces are pressing forward and making progress. troops destroyed a convoy of russian tanks yesterday and recaptured two villages. meanwhile, the...

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