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The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Russia’s Chernobyl seizure seen as nuclear risk ‘nightmare’

When Russian forces invaded and occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, they dug trenches in one of the world’s most radioactive places

The Independent UK

Pontins Brean Sands slammed as holiday left children 'crying' because it was so cold

One reviewer said: 'I’d rather visit Chernobyl'

Bristol Post

World's leading authority on Chernobyl disaster impact escapes war in Ukraine to Ireland - and wants to create research centre in Mayo

Professor Yury Bandazhevsky will ask the world to support the project and enable him continue his ground-breaking work on the impact of radiation poisoning

Irish Mirror

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‘They were hooligans’: Chernobyl locals reeling after Russian invasion

As troops leave exclusion zone and surrounding villages, Ukraine’s nuclear agency faces huge clean-up task

The Guardian - UK

Russian troops laid landmines at Chernobyl, Ukraine official says

Russian troops laid landmines at the Chernobyl power plant as they retreated, a Ukrainian official has said.

Evening Standard

Russian troops who stole radioactive material from Chernobyl could be dead in a year

Ukraine's State Agency for Managing the Exclusion Zone said 133 substances were stolen after invaders raided two labs during the occupation of the defunct nuclear power plant

Daily Mirror

Inside Chernobyl nuclear power plant left ransacked amid Russian looting claims

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyy claimed Kremlin soldiers had acted "like dogs" as they scoured through Ukrainian clothes and belongings for money, valuables, and laptops

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Russians soldiers in Chernobyl 'picked up radioactive material with bare hands'

Kremlin troops even dug trenches in the Red Forest - one of the most radioactive places on earth - with evidence found that suggests they camped and ate there

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian officials say Russian troops dug trenches in Chernobyl's radioactive Red Forest

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said the radiation situation was "within the limits" for the site.

Axios

Vladimir Putin's nuclear sabre-rattling in Ukraine has the northern hemisphere contemplating a new Cold War

As Vladimir Putin holds out the threat of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, tensions between Russia and the West are bringing Cold War-era anxieties back to the surface.

ABC News

Moment Ukrainian troops blitz Russian convoy to disrupt deliveries of fuel and supplies

The Command of the Special Operations Forces (SSO) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed footage of the attack which aims to stop Russian forces in their tracks

Daily Mirror

Ukraine soldier poses with flag at re-taken Chernobyl plant after Russian retreat

This morning officials confirmed that the northern Pripyat region was back under Ukrainian control, having been seized by Russia at the start of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion

Daily Mirror

Russian soldier killed by 'radiation from damaged Chernobyl nuclear plant'

The soldier was part of a team that captured the power plant in the first days of the war before occupying the 20-mile exclusion zone around it

Daily Mirror

UN nuclear watchdog to head mission to Chernobyl as Russians withdraw from site

Russians leaving Chernobyl have taken Ukraine soldiers with them, say officials

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Reuters

IAEA's Grossi says will head mission to Chernobyl as soon as possible

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will lead a mission to Chernobyl as soon as possible, he said on Friday, after Ukraine said Russian troops had left the radioactive waste facilities there though some remained nearby.

The Independent UK

Russia Ukraine War Advisory

Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear site as Ukraine braces for attacks elsewhere in the country. The governor of the Russian border region of Belgorod, meanwhile, accused Ukraine of flying helicopter gunships into Russian territory early Friday morning and striking an oil depot.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russians flee Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says Ukraine

UN atomic watchdog investigates claims Russian troops left after high doses of radiation. Plus, Trump may face court date thanks to reggae singer lawsuit.

Reuters

Some Russian troops still in Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine says

Some Russian troops were still in the "exclusion zone" around the Chernobyl nuclear power station on Friday morning, a day after ending their occupation of the plant itself, a Ukrainian official said.

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Evening Standard

Russian soldiers fled Chernobyl with radiation sickness, says Ukraine

Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have left the site after receiving high doses of radiation from digging into contaminated soil, Ukrainian officials have claimed.

The Independent UK

Russians leave Chernobyl; Ukraine braces for renewed attacks

Russian troops have left the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site

The Independent UK

Ukraine news - live: Russia troop withdrawal ‘slow but noticeable’, says Zelensky

Kyiv said Moscow’s claim that it was behind the oil depot attack ‘does not correspond to reality’

The Independent UK

Russian soldiers leave Chernobyl after suffering ‘significant doses’ of radiation, Ukraine says

Russian troops reportedly treated for radiation poisoning after digging trenches in exclusion zone

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: ICRC says Mariupol evacuation on hold

Russia-Ukraine news from April 1: ICRC says conditions made it ‘impossible’ to evacuate thousands trapped in port city.

The Guardian - UK

White House says the US has evidence that the war against Ukraine has been ‘a strategic disaster’ – as it happened

Germany, France and the UK reject Russia’s demand to pay for gas in roubles; Kremlin announces further sanctions for EU leaders

Reuters

IAEA says it is preparing to send mission to Chernobyl after Russian pullout

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it is preparing to send a mission to the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl after Ukraine informed it that Russian troops controlling the site had pulled out and the remainder were likely to as well.

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