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Here in the dirt of one of the worlds most radioactive places, Russian soldiers dug trenches. Ukrainian of...

Russian troops held Chernobyl staff working at the plant at gunpoint during a marathon shift of more than a month, with employees sleeping on tabletops and eating just twice a day.

Russia seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant — the site of the world's worst nuclear accident — early in its invasion of Ukraine. Weeks after Moscow's forces left, reports continue to emerge of the reckless actions they took there.

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Russia renews strikes on Ukraine capital, hits other cities | 2022-04-17 11:46:39

Here," he says. nearby, tanks and an oil refinery burn after a russian strike. not the first time it came under bombardment. the shelling here comes early and often. ben wedeman, cnn, eastern ukraine. everyday operations and overall control over the functional nuclear power plant may have returned to normal, but radiation levels around the site have not. ukrainian officials say they are now abnormally high. in particular, in an area known as the red forest, a four square mile exclusion zone ar...

Forest is concentrated in the soil and is called the red forest because when that reactor exploded, the trees burned from the inside out, hence, it was red. more on that in a moment. aid group world central kitchen says one of its partner restaurants has been hit by a missile attack in kharkiv. at least four staffmembers were injured, taken to hospital. the world kitchen ceo posted a video to twitter describing the horrific scenes after the attack. >> less than 24 hours ago i was standing righ...

Ukrainians defy deadline to surrender in Mariupol or die | 2022-04-17 21:05:06

Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Vadym Denysenko, says Russia’s statements on a possible nuclear strike, being spun to intimidate Ukraine, is yet another element of the ongoing information war. — Ukrinform.

The area around the defunct power plant has been an unexpected rewilding success story. Now attempts to monitor progress are hampered by the war.