The Latest Breaking News from Chernobyl

Shortly after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, both governments said that the Russian military had taken over the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster. In a tweet, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs raised fears of possible ecological disaster.

Ukraine said on Sunday it would hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus -- near the Chernobyl exclusion zone -- after a call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko.

Ukraine said on Friday it had recorded increased radiation levels from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant, a day after the site was captured by Russian forces, due to military activity causing radioactive dust to rise into the air. The former power plant was captured by Russian forces on Thursday…

Radiation levels have risen from the Chernobyl nuclear site after the fierce fighting that saw Russia seize the defunct plant, Ukraine has said.

The breach has since been linked to the movement of a "large number of heavy military equipment" through the exclusion zone

Ukraine's nuclear agency and interior ministry said on Friday they were recording increased radiation levels from the site of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Nuclear expert says tanks may have ‘disturbed’ radioactive dust

Kremlin troops stormed the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on the first day of the invasion and since then excess gamma radiation levels have been recorded but it is unclear why

'My worst nightmare in this conflict is that the tragedy of the Chernobyl disaster could be re-released on the world'