Chernobyl

Russian troops have left the nuclear facility, Ukraine's state nuclear company says, after weeks-long occupation.

There was no immediate comment from the Russian authorities, who have denied that its forces have put nuclear facilities in Ukraine at risk. A new round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting was scheduled for Friday. Energoatom said Russian soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site. “The information is confirmed that the occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the exclusion zone, have set off in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with the Republic of Belarus,” it said in a statement. The UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA, also confirmed that it had been informed by Ukraine that Russian forces handed control of the power plant and “moved convoys of troops”. All the Russian troops that occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power station have now left the site, officials in Kyiv said, as heavy fighting continues to rage on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital and other fronts.

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom on Thursday said many of the Russian forces occupying the Chernobyl nuclear plant...

Energoatom said Russians troops have signed a document confirming the plant's handover back to Ukrainian control.

- Russian troops surrounding the city of Slavutych, where many of the power plant's workers live, perAP, are also preparing to leave and head toward Belarus, the nuclear operator said. - Russian troops "marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with the Republic of Belarus," the post read. The big picture: Energoatom said Russian troops are leaving the Chernobyl plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone — the Chernobyl plant's surrounding lands that have high levels of radiation — and only a "small number" of Russians remain at the station.

Ukraine's state power company said Thursday that Russian soldiers have left the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and are headed toward Belarus, ...

The Russian attack on Ukraine is an evolving story, with information changing quickly. "This morning, the invaders announced their intentions to leave the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to Ukrainian station personnel." With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. And light will win over darkness." Ukraine's state power company said Thursday that Russian soldiers have left the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and are headed toward Belarus, claiming that some of the soldiers had "received significant doses of radiation." "It was confirmed that the occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone, marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with the Republic of Belarus," the statement read.

As occupiers abandon site and IAEA moves back in, power company says soldiers were exposed by digging trenches in radioactive zone.

The Ukrainian deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk also said Russian troops were exposed to radiation after digging trenches in the forest. Some Ukrainian reports have suggested the soldiers were taken to a special medical facility in nearby Belarus after driving tanks through the exclusion zone, kicking up radioactive dust. Some Russians remained in the surrounding exclusion zone, they said.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at ...

“It’s desperately important that this operation takes place,” the Red Cross said in a statement. U.S. intelligence officials have similarly concluded that Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about how badly the war is going because they are afraid to tell him the truth. Food, water and medical supplies have all run low during a weekslong blockade and bombardment of the city. And a new round of talks aimed at stopping the fighting was scheduled for Friday. Its forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation. Energoatom, the company, gave no immediate details on the condition of the troops or how many were affected.

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it is preparing to send a mission to the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl after...

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and heading towards Ukraine's border with Belarus, the Ukrainian nuclear ...

Ukraine's nuclear operator company said Thursday that Russian troops were leaving the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and were heading towards the country's ...

Ukrainian authorities at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant say Russian forces have left the damaged plant.

But Russian forces blocked the buses, and only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars, according to the Ukrainian government. Russian forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation. Energoatom gave no details on the condition of the soldiers it said were exposed to radiation and did not say how many were affected. At the same time, he said, pressure is being kept up on Kyiv and other cities, and "we can expect additional offensive actions bringing even more suffering." The Donbas is the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial region where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. Tens of thousands have managed to get out of Mariupol in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing its population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000 as of last week, but other relief efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin, and the IAEA said it had not been able to confirm the reports of Russian troops receiving high doses. "We know their intentions," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. Others may have assumed they were at risk too, he said. Chernihiv came under attack as well. But there was no independent confirmation of that. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it had been informed by Ukraine that the Russian forces at the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster had transferred control of it in writing to the Ukrainians.

Chernobyl employees say that soldiers were unaware of the 1986 disaster and entered highly radioactive areas without protection.

It is named after the colour of the pine trees that died as a result of the radiation released in 1986. Nuclear waste expert Cheryl Rofer estimated that it would likely take 57 years for a human to receive a lethal radiation dose in the area. The soldiers ‘had no idea what kind of a facility they were at’, according to one Chernobyl employee. And it’s too little to be of use for making a dirty bomb – a device that combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. The site also features an aircraft hangar-sized building covering the remains of the reactor that exploded in 1986. This is only a few days after looters apparently raided one of the site’s radiation monitoring labs, making off with radioactive material.

Russian military troops departed the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear power plant Friday, handing control back to Ukrainians. Latest updates.

Vereshchuk added that about 45,000 Mariupol residents have been forcefully deported to Russia and areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists. Zhao’s comments came as Chinese and European Union leaders were meeting virtually for a summit at which Ukraine was expected to dominate discussions. ►The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region claimed Ukraine flew helicopter gunships into Russia on Friday morning and struck an oil depot, according to a Telegram post. The attack would be the first of its kind, if confirmed. Moscow took control of Chernobyl over a month ago. But there has been no independent confirmation of that.

Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, ...

Russian forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation. Energoatom gave no details on the condition of the soldiers it said were exposed to radiation and did not say how many were affected. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian withdrawals from the north and center of the country were just a military tactic to build up forces for new powerful attacks in the southeast. Only 631 people were able to get out of the city in private cars, according to the Ukrainian government. Tens of thousands have managed to get out in the past few weeks by way of humanitarian corridors, reducing the population from a prewar 430,000 to an estimated 100,000 by last week, but other relief efforts have been thwarted by continued Russian attacks. The Donbas is the predominantly Russian-speaking industrial region where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin, and the IAEA said it had not been able to confirm the reports of Russian troops receiving high doses. “We know their intentions,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation. “Russia has repeatedly lied about its intentions,” Stoltenberg said. Others may have assumed they were at risk too, he said. Chernihiv came under attack as well. But there was no independent confirmation of that.