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Ukraine says Russia stole radioactive material from Chernobyl: It is dangerous

Ukraine says Russia stole radioactive material from Chernobyl: It is dangerous

Ukraine claims Russian troops stole radioactive substances from research laboratories in Chernobyl that could be deadly. In a Facebook post, the Ukrainian State Agency for Management of the Exclusion Zone said Russian soldiers had entered a storage area and taken 133 radioactive substances.

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant was under Russian control for several weeks from the end of February, but the country was recently ceded to Ukraine. The agency said:

"Even a small part of this activity is dangerous and deadly when used unprofessionally and done in an uncontrollable way with it."

A statement added that the location of this material is unknown.

Meanwhile, they in Chernobyl said two offices and a laboratory inside the nuclear power plant were "looted and destroyed" by Russian forces.

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