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Some Russian troops were still in the "exclusion zone" around the Chernobyl nuclear power station on Friday (Apr 1) morning, a day after ending their occupation of the plant itself, a Ukrainian official said. Russian forces occupied the…

Russian troops on Tuesday vacated Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant after weeks of occupation, but took an unspecified number of captive Ukrainian servicemen with them, officials in Kyiv said on Thursday.“As they ran away from the…

<!-- -->Ukraine War: Russian forces had occupied Chernobyl power plant since start of Russian invasion on Feb 24.Kyiv: Russian troops on Tuesday left Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant after weeks of occupation, officials in Kyiv…

LVIV, Ukraine: The Ukrainian state nuclear company said on Thursday (Mar 31) that all of the Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power station had withdrawn from the territory of the defunct plant. There was no immediate comment…

Chernobyl nuclear site in northern Ukraine. (Photo: IANS)Russian troops marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with Belarus and a small number of Russian forces remain in the station AFP KyivLast Updated:March 31, 2022,…

Read more worst point since the Cold War. Tough resistance by Ukrainian forces has prevented Russia from capturing any major city, including Kyiv, where a Russian armed column was held back for weeks. At peace talks this week in Istanbul,…

WASHINGTON: Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a US defense official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities. Troops seized control of…

A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Sunday of ”irresponsible” acts around the occupied Chernobyl power station that could send radiation across much of Europe, and urged the United Nations to dispatch a mission to assess the…

On February 23, it was a normal day at home for Serghiy Palkin in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Twenty-four hours later, and it was anything but normal.The Shakhtar CEO would wake up to the sounds of bombing and explosions, as Russian…

Some 25,000 people live in the town 160 km north of Kyiv, built after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. (Image: Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies/AFP)Residents took to the streets, carrying a large Ukrainian flag and…