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>> russian forces have also handed back control of the chernobyl power plant more than a month after taking it over. ukraine's state power company says it came after soldiers received, quote, significant doses of radiation possibly while digging trenches in contaminated soil. but i don't 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 shelling was reported in roughly a half dozen towns in the part of the region known as luhansk. the go...

>> 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. they're digging trenches, and this is in the middle of the city. although we're not showing the location for security reasons. either way, soldiers and civilians are preparing for either attack or siege. they have created a whole network of these trenches, as much ...

>> 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 they're 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, they're already very scared from the places that they've left and when you're here in lviv and suddenly hear an air raid siren at 6:00 in the morning and you ...

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: russia's military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine. some, self-inflicted. ukraine's 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 the contaminated soil and receiving significant doses of radiation. the russian military has said...

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 ukraine's nuclear power plants, all of them, is dangerous uncharted territory. rafael grossi just came back from a trip to ukraine and russia. cnn's becky anderson asked him about concerns that nuclear sites could come under...