The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will lead a mission to Chernobyl as soon as possible, he said on Friday, after Ukraine said Russian troops had left the radioactive waste facilities there though some remained nearby.

Russian troops left the Chernobyl nuclear site as Ukraine braces for attacks elsewhere in the country. The governor of the Russian border region of Belgorod, meanwhile, accused Ukraine of flying helicopter gunships into Russian territory early Friday morning and striking an oil depot.

Kyiv said Moscow’s claim that it was behind the oil depot attack ‘does not correspond to reality’

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The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it is preparing to send a mission to the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl after Ukraine informed it that Russian troops controlling the site had pulled out and the remainder were likely to as well.

The Ukrainian state nuclear company said on Thursday most of the Russian forces that occupied the Chernobylnuclear power station after invading Ukraine have left the defunct plant, and suggested radiation concerns had driven them away

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