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Chris Hughes & Alahna Kindred

Shocking footage from Chernobyl of Russian missiles being fired into Ukraine

This is the dramatic moment Russian missiles are being fired from the Chernobyl region of Ukraine.

The footage, which appears to have been taken by Kremlin forces, show various missiles being launched into the sky.

The Chernobyl power station has been held by Russia has since the start of the invasion.

A senior Ukrainian official recently accused Russia on Sunday of "irresponsible" acts around the occupied Chernobyl power station that pose a radiation threat across much of Europe.

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said Russian forces were "militarising" the exclusion zone around the station, the site of the world's worst civil nuclear accident in 1986.

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This video appears to show Russian missiles being fired form the Chernobyl region (xxxxxxxxxxx)

Fears of a nuclear disaster continue to mount as Russian forces have been shelling the town where the staff working at the Chernobyl plant live.

The mayor of Slavutych, the town created and built in the aftermath of the 1986 accident, said on Saturday that Russian forces had taken over the town. Three people were killed in clashes.

There have been concerns that the shelling of the town has been preventing workers from coming in and out of the plant.

The footage shows missiles being fired into the air (xxxxxxxxxxx)

Earlier today, it was announced that Russia will drastically cut its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv in Ukraine, one of Vladimir Putin's highest-ranked aides said today.

Deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin said the decision comes in the interest of pursuing more peace talks between the countries.

It comes amid hopes that a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could be held in the coming days.

The footage comes from the Russian occupied region of Chernobyl (xxxxxxxxxxx)

Ukrainian negotiators have proposed adopting neutral status with international guarantees to protect it from attack.

Negotiators said they would not join alliances or host bases of foreign troops - but would have their security guaranteed in a similar manner to the collective defence clause of NATO.

The countries identified to be allowed in facilitating these guarantees are Israel and NATO members Canada, Poland and Turkey.

Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said he will be reporting the Ukrainian proposals to Putin.

Today's talks in Istanbul were the first face-to-face meeting between the sides since March 10.

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