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Katie Mansfield

Chernobyl hostages captured by Russian troops surviving on 'one meal a day'

Nuclear power plant workers being held hostage by Russian forces are allegedly surviving on just two hours sleep and one meal a day as they try to keep the facilities working.

Russian forces seized Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Friday and have now placed staff running the facility under their command, according to the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was "extremely concerned" about developments at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear power plant.

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