Moscow, February 24: Russian forces have captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant north of Kyiv, the site of 1986 nuclear disaster, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office said on Thursday. Russian forces also destroyed over 70 Ukrainian military facilities, including 11 air bases, news agency AP reported.
Meanwhile, as many as 40 Ukrainian soldiers and around 10 civilians have been killed by Russian shelling, a Reuters report quoting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy adviser, said on Thursday. The AFP reported that Ukraine said it killed ‘around 50 Russian occupiers’ without providing details. The casualties are the latest in a series of fast-paced developments that began when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday.
Following Putin’s invasion order, explosions were reported in several areas of Ukraine and air sirens went off in Kyiv, indicating that the capital city is under attack.
