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The donbas region in the eastern part of the country. it is possible that some of these troops will be moved from kyiv over to the donbas to try to reinforce their offensive operations there. >> there is also new reporting a month ago when, we had word about a fire at a nuclear plant in zaporizhzhia, this is a massive concern all around europe, not the least ukraine. there is reporting today that russia is pulling back from chernobyl because of radiation exposure. you seemed to suggest in today 's briefing that it is not necessarily radiation exposure that might be causing that the pullback, w...

About a fire at a nuclear plant in zaporizhzhia, this is a massive concern all around europe, not the least ukraine. there is reporting today that russia is pulling back from chernobyl because of radiation exposure. he seemed to suggest in today's briefing that it is not necessarily radiation exposure that might be causing that the pullback, when more can you tell us about the? >> when we think -- we do assess that some other troops are leaving chernobyl, the general assessment is that this is all part of repositioning effort. we have no indication that there is a radiation problem or health h...

Offensive operations there. >> there's also new reporting, a month ago, we had word about a fire at a nuclear plant, in zaporizhzhia, a massive concern around europe and ukraine, and there is a report that russia is pulling back from chernobyl because of radiation exposure and you seem to suggest in today's briefing that it is not necessarily radiation exposure that might be causing them to pull back. what more can youth tell us abo that? >> what we think is we do sense, assess that some of their troops are leaving chernobyl, the general assessment is that this is all part of again this reposi...

>> but it makes people nervous. >> of course. radiation is this unseen, you can't smell it, you can't feel it, you can't see it. as a result people will get nervous about radiation. but there is such a thing as such low levels of radiation that they almost don't matter. for instance, people who live in denver get exposed to a lot more radiation than people live in san francisco and the reason is denver is a higher altitude and closer to natural cosmic radiation that comes down all the time. that's not a reason not to live in denver. it's a very nice place. >> or to go skiing in the rockies. >>...

Melting down, there's seven pools of spent fuel in risk of draining and catching on fire or melting down themselves. we've never seen anything like this. it is way passed three mile island and we're headed into chernobyl territory. the best case is they're contained and kept in the concrete boxes. the worst case is that the molten lava breaches the walls and spills out spreading radioactivity for hundreds of square kilometers. but remember, this is a japanese radiation problem. this radiation is not coming over to america. no reason for americans to be concerned at this stage. >> thanks for cl...