Digital Desk: The Russian Forces has taken control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, said Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak.
"It's illogical to suggest the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after Russian strike that was completely meaningless," he stated.
"This is one of Europe's most severe threats today," added Podolyak.
On Thursday, Russian troops grabbed control of the power plant while Ukrainian forces fought them on three sides after Moscow launched a land, sea, and air attack in the largest attack on a European state since World War Two.
According to a Russian security source, several Russian forces gathered in the Chernobyl "exclusion zone" before crossing Ukraine early Thursday.
According to the same source, Russia intends to control the Chernobyl nuclear plant to tell NATO not to intervene militarily.
After a bungled safety test at the atomic plant's fourth reactor, the Chernobyl tragedy in then-Soviet Ukraine spread clouds of radioactive material throughout Europe in 1986.
It became a tourist attraction decade later; however, the Chernobyl zone was closed for travellers about a week before the Russian invasion.
"Our defenders are risking their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 does not happen again," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tweeted soon before the power facility was taken over.
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