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Facilities with tanks and repeatedly launched low-altitude missiles directly over nuclear reactors. that is one of the most terrifying things ive ever seen in my life. petro kotkin oversees alm of ukraines nuclear facilities. he says the kremlin knows its playing with fire, but the soldiers on the ground dont. take chernobyl, which russian forces captured for a month. so they were digging in radioactive material? radioactive material? >> they wer >> they were digging in radioactive soil. >> repo...

Russia is stopping a surprise to bulgaria and poland so as well as this military conflict, it seems were to have an energy while as well. the head of the international atomic energy agency has visited the dis—used chenobyl nuclear power plant, and said the risk of an accident when russian soldiers were in charge had been serious. russian troops took over the site on the first day of the invasion of ukraine and stayed there for several weeks. workers told the bbc they were forced to steal fuel ...

Now a team from the uns nuclear watchdog has visited the plant, for the first time since russian forces withdrew. the head of the iaea said radiation levels do now appear to be normal but he said the risk of an accident at chernobyl, when the soldiers were in charge, had been serious. workers at the plant told the bbc they were forced to steal fuel to keep generators working and prevent a dangerous leak of radioactive material. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, sent this report ...

Apply for nato membership, so the 30 member alliance is on the verge of becoming 32, and finland of course has the lungs land border with russia of any european state, so if anything, president putin has been very nonstrategic in terms of the effects he has generated —— the longest land border. effects he has generated -- the longest land border.— effects he has generated -- the longest land border. douglas lute there, the former _ longest land border. douglas lute there, the former us _ l...

The site on the first day of the invasion of ukraine and stayed there for several weeks. workers told the bbc they were forced to steal fuel to keep generators working and prevent a dangerous leak of radioactive material. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford travelled with the iaea and sent us this report. the road to chernobyl is littered with the wreckage of war. this was a route taken by russian tanks as they advanced on kyiv. it cuts right through the contaminated zone, around th...

The agency said that such an irresponsible act should result in the soldiers receiving the "Darwin Prize."

Radioactive material could have been released. i wasnt really worried for my life, i was scared of what would happen if i wasnt here. its not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contamination known as the red forest. and drone video has now come out which officials here have seen and theyve confirmed to us the russian soldiers not only built trenches there, but they appear to have stayed there...

Translation: we store nuclear waste. if wed lost power, it would have been catastrophic. radioactive material could have been released. i wasnt really worried for my life, i was scared of what would happen if i wasnt here. its not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contamination known as the red forest. and drone video has now come out which officials here have seen and theyve confirmed to us...

Russian forces broke into monitoring and control stations. electricity was cut off for a few days — a major threat. translation: we store nuclear waste. if wed lost power, it would have been catastrophic. radioactive material could have been released. i wasnt really worried for my life, i was scared of what would happen if i wasnt here. its not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contaminati...

Access to chernobyl has onlyjust opened up on an off—road track. the bridge to it was destroyed to stop the russian advance. this is the site of the worlds worst nuclear disaster, among the first parts of ukraine to be captured when russia invaded. "they surrounded us with tanks and there were aircraft flying overhead", security officer petro says. russian forces broke into monitoring and control stations. electricity was cut off for a few days — a major threat. translation: we store nuclear...