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BREAKING: Chernobyl Power Plant Captured by Russia, Leading to Fears of Radioactive Waste Spread

Russian troops have captured Chernobyl’s former nuclear power after heavy fighting near the Chernobyl exclusion zone, according to an advisor to the Ukrainian presidential office.

Ukrainian troops fought with Russian forces, which invaded the region from Belarus and have seized control of the now-defunct power plant, according to Mykhailo Podolyak, an aide to the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Read the full article here ▶