- Nineteen prisoners use cutlery to break out of cells at Winchester prison
- France wants progress in Ukraine before Russia returns to G7
- Italy president begins talks to seek way out of government crisis
- Italian PM expected to resign as political chaos deepens
- Russia says US cruise missile test ‘regrettable’
- Kremlin - No date set for Normandy talks on Ukraine despite Macron meeting
- Egypt court hands out 6 death sentences on terror charges
- Putin says Russian nuclear explosion poses no threat
- Russian panel eyes alleged foreign interference in protests
- Gran Canaria wildfire triggers evacuation of thousands of people
- PM Johnson calls on Germany and France to compromise on Brexit
- Sudan's ex-president Bashir arrives at corruption trial
Friday, 25 February 2022 (YJC)_ The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that Russian troops have taken control of the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine.
According to Sputnik, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Russian paratroopers took control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant yesterday.
On Thursday, the first day of a Russian military operation in Ukraine, Russian officials announced that the Russian military had taken control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky claimed that Russian forces were trying to take control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. He tweeted:
Russian occupying forces are trying to seize Chernobyl. Our defenders are sacrificing their lives to prevent a repeat of the 1986 tragedy. This is a declaration of war against the whole of Europe.
The Russian Defense Ministry also said in a statement about the operation in Ukraine:
The Russian military has destroyed 18 Ukrainian tanks, seven rocket launchers and 41 other military vehicles.
Russia ordered a military strike on Ukraine on Thursday morning (February 24th). This development came days after Moscow formally recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics in eastern Ukraine. Russia says Ukraine has not fulfilled its obligations under the Minsk agreements reached in 2014 and 2015 to resolve the dispute between separatists and Kiev.
Your Comment