The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said today.
The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster has seen intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale assault against the country earlier on Thursday.
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Mykhailo Podolyak, an aide of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said: “It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians,” he said.
“This is one of the most serious threats in Europe today,” Podolyak said.
The plant was the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident when a nuclear reactor exploded in April 1986, spewing radioactive waste across Europe.
The plant lies 80 miles north of the capital of Kyiv.
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