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UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to talk safety support

The U.N. nuclear watchdog says its director-general has arrived in Ukraine for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance” to ensure the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Scientists donate profits from Chernobyl schnapps drinks to Ukrainian refugees

The Chernobyl Spirit Company is donating the profits from the first 850-bottle batches of its two new premium fruit schnapps.

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Unprotected Russian soldiers disturbed radioactive dust in highly toxic Chernobyl ‘red forest’

Power station worker describes soldiers’ lack of anti-radiation gear as ‘suicidal’

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

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Russian soldiers inhaled 'clouds of radioactive dust' when they seized Chernobyl

Russian soldiers kicked up clouds of radioactive dust as they seized the nuclear power plant Chernobyl, two workers from the site have said

Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2022

Unprotected Russian soldiers disturbed radioactive dust in Chernobyl's 'Red Forest', workers say

Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said.

Reuters · Mar 28, 2022

Russian forces ‘militarising’ Chernobyl ‘could pose new radiation threat to Europe’, says Ukrainian deputy PM

Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk accuses Putin’s forces of ‘irresponsible’ acts at the plant

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2022

Chernobyl radiation spike poses threat to ‘millions’ as Russian bombs fuel wildfires

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the use of old volatile weapons in the Chernobyl exclusion zone further risk of damage

Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2022

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Ukraine says Russian forces 'militarising' near Chernobyl pose new radiation threat

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

Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2022

Russian occupation of Chernobyl could send radiation across Europe, warns deputy Ukrainian PM

Iryna Vereshchuk also urges UN Security Council to take immediate steps to demilitarise zone

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022

Russian invasion should encourage Indonesia to revisit its nuclear plan

In 2011, as Indonesia planned to start a nuclear energy program, a giant warning sign crashed in from Japan: the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The disaster was triggered by a gigantic tsunami and it resulted in a broadcast of radioactive pollution over a stretch of Japan’s countryside and across the Pacific…

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2022

Mayor of Chernobyl workers' town says Russian forces have left

Russian forces have left the Ukrainian town of Slavutych, home to workers at the defunct nuclear plant of Chernobyl, after completing their task of surveying it, the mayor said early on Monday.

Reuters · Mar 28, 2022

Ukraine says Russian forces near Chernobyl could pose new radiation threat

A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia on Sunday of "irresponsible" acts around the occupied Chernobyl power station that could send radiation across much of Europe, and urged the United Nations to dispatch a mission to assess the risks.

Reuters · Mar 27, 2022

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden defends Putin remarks

Ukraine news from March 28: Joe Biden refuses to backtrack after saying Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 27, 2022

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 · Mar 27, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Mar 27, 2022

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

The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2022

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

Al Jazeera · Mar 26, 2022

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.

Reuters · Mar 26, 2022

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.

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France 24 · Mar 26, 2022

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…

Reuters · Mar 26, 2022

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".

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022

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 - AU · Mar 26, 2022

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’

Al Jazeera · Mar 25, 2022

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.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2022

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.

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2022

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

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