Russian forces have looted and destroyed a laboratory near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was used to monitor radioactive waste, the Ukrainian government said Wednesday.
Highlights
- The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster fell into Russian hands in the first week of Russia’s invasion.
- The lab was part of a European Union-funded attempt to improve radioactive waste management.
- The government agency said it hoped Russia would use the samples to “harm itself, and not the civilized world” It is the latest scare at the infamous site in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.
- On Tuesday, Ukraine’s government warned of several fires close to the plant, which it said had probably been triggered by Russian artillery or arson.
- The fires are believed to be caused by fires that may have been caused by artillery or arson.