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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Captured by Russian Forces

An aerial view from a plane shows a New Safe Confinement structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during a tour to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine April 3, 2021. / Reuters
February 24, 2022

KYIV (Reuters)—The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on Thursday.

"It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians," he said.

"This is one of the most serious threats in Europe today," Podolyak said.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, writing by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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