Russian Forces Seize Control of Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

“Today, CNN is reporting that Chernobyl has been captured by Russian troops.” From the report: Troops overran the plant on the first day of Russia’s multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, Yevgeniya Kuznetsov, told CNN. “When I came to the office today in the morning (in Kyiv), it turned out that the (Chernobyl nuclear power plant) management had left. So there was no one to give instructions or defend,” she said.

Earlier Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russian forces were attempting to wrest control of the nuclear plant. “Russian occupation forces are trying to seize the Chernobyl (nuclear power plant). Our defenders are sacrificing their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated,” Zelensky tweeted.”This is a declaration of war against the whole of Europe.” The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry echoed the President’s warning, raising the specter of another nuclear disaster in the city. “In 1986, the world saw the biggest technological disaster in Chernobyl,” the ministry tweeted. “If Russia continues the war, Chernobyl can happen again in 2022.”
“A map shows the power plant is nearly adjacent to the northern border of Ukraine — so when Russian troops began their invasion, it was one of the first things they encountered,” adds DevNull127.

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