Experts attribute the increased radiation levels to the Russian military’s current assault on Ukraine.

By Kenny Stancil  Published 2-25-2022 by Common Dreams

Chernobyl Reactor #4 and memorial. Photo: calflier001/Wikimedia Commons/CC

The Ukrainian government warned Friday that radiation near the Chernoybl nuclear power plant has “exceeded” control levels, a day after the Russian military took control of the area during its ongoing invasion, which has reached the capital of Kyiv.

The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine said that local experts attribute the increased gamma radiation dose rate to the “disturbance of the top layer of soil from [the] movement of a large number of radio heavy military machinery through the Exclusion zone and increase of air pollution.” Continue reading →