Breaking: Russian forces breach area near Chernobyl as fighting intensifies
Russian troops have entered an area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister has claimed.Zelensky said his troops are fighting to prevent a repeat of the radioactive disaster, which struck in 1986.
Fighting is already believed to be raging in Chernobyl, near the facility which went into meltdown nearly 40 years ago.There are fears that the clashes could disturb a nuclear waste store.The site was the scene of the worst nuclear disaster in history, and an exclusion zone has been set up around the area ever since.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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