Thousands of people lined up in Moscow on September 3 to pay their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, an architect of drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War. He said Kyiv's forces are fighting off Russian troops for control of the Chernobyl plant, which spewed radioactive waste across Europe when one of its nuclear reactors exploded in April 1986. Our soldiers are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 does not happen again," Zelenskiy said on Twitter. "Russian occupying forces are trying to take over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced earlier that Russian forces were trying to seize the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Russia wants to control the Chernobyl nuclear reactor to signal to NATO not to interfere militarily, the source told the agency. Some Russian military massed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone before crossing into Ukraine early on February 24, a Russian security source said, according to Reuters. It also said the integrity of the protective barriers of nuclear facilities was not violated. There were no deaths or injuries, and no changes in the radiation situation have been observed, the regulator said. The military unit that had been assigned to guard the facilities has been disarmed, the SNRCU said. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRCU) informed the (IAEA) that all Chernobyl facilities, including storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel, in the exclusion zone were taken under armed control. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi called for “maximum restraint” to avoid actions that could put Ukraine's nuclear facilities at risk. The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had been told of the takeover by Ukraine.
This is one of the most serious threats to Europe today," said the adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak. "After the absolutely senseless attack of the Russians in this direction, it is impossible to say that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe. Russian forces captured the power plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, after a "fierce" battle on the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an adviser to the head of the president's office said. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here. RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, how Kyiv is fighting back, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians.
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