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Feb 25, 2022 · Key points: Chernobyl is close to the border with Belarus and directly north of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Russia has made no official statement on its intentions for the Chernobyl site. Ukraine's government, anonymous Russian military sources and experts have all posited different explanations to why Moscow captured the facility.
Mar 9, 2022 · Experts at the state nuclear agency said the change was due to the movement of heavy military equipment in the area lifting radioactive dust into the air. “It is not critical...
Feb 24, 2022 · Russian Ground Forces have captured the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine’s government confirmed Thursday. Advancing Russian army troops reportedly took over the site of the...
Feb 25, 2022 · Why did Russia capture Chernobyl? Russia’s attack on Chernobyl was not out of the blue. Since the shortest route from the Russian border to Kyiv passes through Chernobyl, Ukraine had deployed security forces to guard the area months ago, New York Times reported.
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Feb 25, 2022 · Russian military forces have seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials say. Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said the "totally pointless attack" on...
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured on 24 February, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.
Feb 24, 2022 · There are reports of Russian forces seizing the Chernobyl plant this week. Why is that and what are the implications? I’m not a military strategist. I’m just a simple environmental historian.
