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The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

More than 10,000 hectares of forest burning in Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine says

Ukrainian human rights commissioner warns of irreparable consequences for world if fires spread

The Independent UK

Chernobyl radiation fears as 25-acre forest fire burns towards nuclear plant

Fears are growing of a nuclear disaster after Russian troops began shelling the Ukrainian town where staff working at the Chernobyl plant live

Daily Mirror

Zelenskiy promises to work for new sanctions against Russia – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

The Guardian - AU

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Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Kyiv willing to discuss neutrality

Ukraine news from March 27: Ukrainian president says he is prepared to discuss Russia’s neutrality demand.

Al Jazeera

Kyiv region head says Russian forces have seized Chernobyl workers' town

Russian forces have taken control of the town of Slavutych, where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, the governor of Kyiv region Oleksandr Pavlyuk said on Saturday.

Reuters

As it happened: Multiple rockets hit Lviv in western Ukraine

Four rockets hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, local officials said, in the most significant attack on the city since the start of the war with Russia. Governor Maksym Kozytskyy said five people had been woundedafter two rockets hit a fuel depot and two others later hit…

France 24

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Russian forces have taken control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, the governor of Kyiv region said. U.S. President Joe Biden, visiting NATO ally Poland, called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "butcher".

Reuters

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TV tonight: secret KGB files revealed in timely Chernobyl documentary

The first part of Channel 4’s fascinating examination of the world’s largest nuclear disaster to date. Plus: Welsh crime drama Hidden gets grittier. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Institute for Study of War says Russians unable to secure Kyiv attack positions – as it happened

Think tank says ‘increasingly static nature of the fighting reflects incapacity of Russian forces rather than any shift in Russian objectives or efforts’

The Guardian - AU

Latest Ukraine updates: Five wounded in Russian attack on Lviv

Ukraine war news from March 26: Regional governor Maksym Kozytsky says two missile attacks wounded at least five people.

Al Jazeera

Chernobyl staff have not been rotated in four days, no end in sight -IAEA

Staff on duty at Chernobyl's Russian-held radioactive waste facilities have not been rotated in four days and Ukraine cannot say when that will change because of fighting in the town where many of them live, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday.

Reuters

Chernobyl nuclear disaster fears as Russians shell Ukrainian town where staff work

G7 leaders have come together this week to warn that Russia's attack on the site in Ukraine could lead to another nuclear "catastrophe" as Russian forces destroyed a laboratory at the Chernobyl plant

Daily Mirror

Ukraine says Chernobyl workers' town is isolated by Russian forces

Local authorities in Ukraine said on Friday the town of Slavutych that services the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant was "completely isolated", with Russian forces just beyond the town's limits.

Reuters

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia says first phase of war near end

Ukraine war news from March 25: Russian general says Moscow will push to fully capture eastern region of Donbas.

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The Russian takeover of the defunct Chernobyl site challenges the 'peaceful, safe and sustainable' branding of nuclear energy

At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility.

Daily Mirror

Russia steals ‘unstable’ nuclear samples from Chernoybl after 'looting' £5m lab

The Central Analytical Laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had been “looted” by Russian troops, according to the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Reuters

IAEA aiming to deploy roughly 15-20 staff to Ukraine, U.S. lawmaker says

The U.N. atomic watchdog hopes to deploy around 15 to 20 staff to Ukraine's nuclear facilities if an agreement with Kyiv and Moscow is reached on ensuring safety there, a U.S. congressman said on Thursday after a meeting with the watchdog's chief.

The Conversation

Atomic disruption: how Russia's war on Ukraine has rattled the nuclear world order

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has upended all kinds of certainties, created new possibilities and closed off old ones. This is certainly true for the world’s use of nuclear power.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying Chernobyl laboratory containing ‘highly active samples’

The Chernobyl laboratory is now in ‘the hands of the enemy’, say officials

Daily Mirror

Chernobyl laboratory which processed radioactive waste DESTROYED by Russian troops

Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, is under the control of Russian soldiers who are said to have destroyed a £6million lab used to check radioactive waste

The Guardian - US

Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities say Russian control of plant is hampering efforts to control the blazes

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Thousands seek evacuation from Mariupol

Ukraine news from March 22: Deputy prime minister says at least 100,000 civilians are trying to escape from Mariupol.

Reuters

All Chernobyl staff who wanted to leave are out, U.N. nuclear watchdog says

The remaining members of the one shift of technical staff who had been on duty at Chernobyl's radioactive waste facilities since Russian forces seized the site last month have been relieved, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks amid concern over Chernobyl radiation levels rising

The Kremlin said the talks had made no significant progress as yet although Ukrainian delegate and lawmaker David Arakhamia said working groups are meeting throughout the day

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian charity plants sunflower seeds for Ukrainian families as it sends message of support

Fostering Compassion worked with Chernobyl children when they visited Scotland four years ago and the youngsters have been in their thoughts as the war on Ukraine has continued over the last month

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