The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Nottingham had helped Minsk children who were poisoned by Chernobyl

Stirling supporters of the charity have been providing support since the mid 1980s.

Shortly after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, both governments said that the Russian military had taken over the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. In a tweet, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised fears of possible ecological disaster.

Ukraine said on Sunday it would hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus -- near the Chernobyl exclusion zone -- after a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko.

Ukraine's interior ministry has said the invading troops are approaching Zaporizhzhia, which has a nuclear plant.

Officials say that Moscow now controls area in northern Ukraine after fire fight

EXCLUSIVE: The Mirror can reveal Russia has deployed over 10,000 battle-hardened Chechen fighters to Ukraine - some of them crack Spetsnaz troops - to bolster the battle for Kyiv

Core meltdowns due to operational challenges cause concern even as direct strikes to facilities remain remote possibility

Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military activity causing radioactive dust to rise into the air. The former power plant was captured by Russian forces on Thursday…