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Rachel Hagan

Russia guilty of 'nuclear terrorism' after seizing Chernobyl by fighting Ukraine forces

Russia has been branded a terrorist state for seizing the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and controlling it for over a month during the brutal Ukraine war.

Russian troops seized Chernobyl on day one of the Ukraine war at the end of February, taking over the 19-mile perimeter of the plant for over a month and bunking on the grounds.

Now, the Security Service of Ukraine has collected "indisputable" evidence that the units of the Kremlin which forcibly seized the plant, from February 24 to March 31, committed an act of nuclear terrorism.

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