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During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured [3] on 24 February 2022, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, [4] who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.
Ukraine is home to four nuclear power plants, as well as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. [1] As of January 2024, both the Chernobyl and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants saw battles during the war that resulted from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Russian forces entered Kyiv Oblast and quickly captured Chernobyl and Pripyat in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. [2] By 26 February 2022, Russian forces captured Hostomel, Borodianka, Vorzel and Bucha, and fought a gruesome battle for Antonov airport, which resulted in Russian victory, with battles and clashes ongoing near Irpin and Horenka. [3]
Chernobyl’s fragile and fraught peace was shattered on Thursday, when Russian troops crossed the border between Ukraine and Belarus, part of an invasion that has been widely condemned by the ...
The White House described the Russian occupation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site as “incredibly alarming and gravely concerning,” in keeping with its broader condemnation of the ...
U.S. officials warned Russian forces were making advances on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv, and the Ukrainian prime minister said Russia had captured the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl. Heavy ...
Chernobyl (/ tʃ ɜːr ˈ n oʊ b əl / chur-NOH-bəl, UK also / tʃ ɜːr ˈ n ɒ b əl / chur-NOB-əl; Russian: Чернобыль, IPA: [tɕɪrˈnobɨlʲ]) or Chornobyl (Ukrainian: Чорнобиль, IPA: [tʃorˈnɔbɪlʲ] ⓘ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Most of the Russian forces that occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power station after invading Ukraine have left the defunct plant and only a "small number" remain, Ukraine's ...