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Ukrainians mark 40th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Ukrainians in Slavutych on Sunday honoured the men and women whose mission it was to clean up the worst nuclear accident in history. People streamed in from different parts of the city to place candles on a large radiation hazard symbol as they marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl…

Euronews

Despite Russia’s war, one Ukrainian city still gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil

Ukrainians gathered in the city of Slavutych to remember those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 40 years ago

The Independent UK

Inside the Russian Occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy's book tells the stories of soldiers, stalkers, and squatters in Chernobyl during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Chornobyl worker recalls 600-hour shift at nuclear plant under Russian occupation

Nuclear engineer Liudmyla Kozak was part-way through a 12-hour overnight shift at the defunct Chornobyl plant when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and workers heard loud explosions from the edge of the so-called exclusion zone around the site.

Reuters

Mayor of Chernobyl workers' town says Russian forces have left

Russian forces have left the Ukrainian town of Slavutych, home to workers at the defunct nuclear plant of Chernobyl, after completing their task of surveying it, the mayor said early on Monday.

Reuters

Zelenskiy promises to work for new sanctions against Russia – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

The Guardian - AU

Russian soldiers release Ukraine town’s mayor and agree to leave after protests

Russian forces agreed to leave town of Slavutych if those with arms handed them over to the mayor

The Guardian - UK

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Kyiv region head says Russian forces have seized Chernobyl workers' town

Russian forces have taken control of the town of Slavutych, where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live, the governor of Kyiv region Oleksandr Pavlyuk said on Saturday.

Reuters

As it happened: Multiple rockets hit Lviv in western Ukraine

Four rockets hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, local officials said, in the most significant attack on the city since the start of the war with Russia. Governor Maksym Kozytskyy said five people had been woundedafter two rockets hit a fuel depot and two others later hit…

France 24

Institute for Study of War says Russians unable to secure Kyiv attack positions – as it happened

Think tank says ‘increasingly static nature of the fighting reflects incapacity of Russian forces rather than any shift in Russian objectives or efforts’

The Guardian - AU

Latest Ukraine updates: Five wounded in Russian attack on Lviv

Ukraine war news from March 26: Regional governor Maksym Kozytsky says two missile attacks wounded at least five people.

Al Jazeera

Chernobyl nuclear disaster fears as Russians shell Ukrainian town where staff work

G7 leaders have come together this week to warn that Russia's attack on the site in Ukraine could lead to another nuclear "catastrophe" as Russian forces destroyed a laboratory at the Chernobyl plant

Daily Mirror

Ukraine says Chernobyl workers' town is isolated by Russian forces

Local authorities in Ukraine said on Friday the town of Slavutych that services the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant was "completely isolated", with Russian forces just beyond the town's limits.

Reuters

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia says first phase of war near end

Ukraine war news from March 25: Russian general says Moscow will push to fully capture eastern region of Donbas.

Al Jazeera

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