Russia Attacked Chernobyl nuclear plant
Russian forces Attacked Chernobyl nuclear plant and hold staff hostage: Ukrainian officials Russian forces have seized control of the Chernobyl power plant in northern Ukraine, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, and are holding staff hostage, according to Ukranian officials. Troops overran the plant on the first day of Russia's multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, Yevgeniya KuznetsovŠ°, told CNN. Alyona Shevtsova, advisor to the commander of Ukraine's Ground Forces, said on Facebook that Russian forces have taken control of the power station and that the staff are being "held hostage." According to Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, control of the Chornobyl zone was lost after a "fierce battle." Podolyak said the condition of the former Chernobyl power plant's nuclear waste storage facilities is unknown. "After a completely senseless Russi...