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Ukraine retreats in east as Russian strikes kill three, hit energy
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine pulled out troops from a town in the east after fierce battles, it said on Tuesday, as relentless Russian strikes killed three civilians and cut power to thousands in freezing winter temperatures.
Russian drone hits Chernobyl but no radiation detected
AFP, Published on 14/02/2025
» KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that a Russian drone had struck a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, adding that radiation levels were normal.
‘Chernobyl-style risk’ at Russian reactor
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/08/2024
» The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says it is enormously concerned by fighting near a Russian nuclear power plant because the old Soviet reactors in operation are particularly exposed.
Ukraine reports village retaken, first gain of offensive
AFP, Published on 11/06/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Kyiv announced on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have retaken a village in the war-torn country's southeast, the first reported gain of the offensive.
35 people missing after Ukraine flood: minister
AFP, Published on 11/06/2023
» KHERSON (UKRAINE) - Thirty five people, including seven children, were missing in southern Ukraine on Sunday following a devastating flood prosecutors called the "worst environmental catastrophe since Chernobyl."
Ukraine evacuates thousands after key dam destroyed
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» KYIV: An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded two dozen villages and forced the evacuation of 17,000 people, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.
Major Ukraine dam ‘partially destroyed’
News Agencies, Published on 06/06/2023
» KYIV: An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded a small city, two dozen villages and sparked the evacuation of 17,000 people.
Europe's largest nuclear reactor enters service in Finland
AFP, Published on 16/04/2023
» HELSINKI: Hours after Germany closed out its atomic era by turning off its last three nuclear reactors, the largest single reactor in Europe entered regular production in Finland, its operator said Sunday.
'They took my grandson': Frontline Ukraine town evacuates children
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» AVDIIVKA, Ukraine: Kateryna's blue eyes fill with tears as she tells how police ordered her grandson to evacuate from the frontline town of Avdiivka in Ukraine, where she lives in a cellar.
At Ukraine's captured nuclear plant, Russian troops say 'ensuring security'
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» ENERGODAR (UKRAINE) - A Russian armoured personnel carrier marked with the letter V and equipped with a radiation detector stands guard on the premises of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.