Russian attacks kill 137 in UKRAINE
Russian military forces have seized control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials say.
Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak said the “totally pointless attack” on Thursday amounted to “one of the most serious threats in Europe today”.
An explosion at Chernobyl in 1986 led to the worst nuclear disaster in human history, both in cost and casualty.
Ukraine’s president warned such a disaster could happen again if Russia continued its invasion.
“Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote earlier on Twitter.
“This is a declaration of war against the whole of Europe.”
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also warned of the possibility of “another ecological disaster” at the site.
The Ukraine President Volodymyr Selensky has said that 137 Ukrainians have been killed in attacks by Russian forces and the numbers include military personnel as well as civilians.
He added that 316 Ukrainian soldiers have been injured in the attacks so far.
