Russian troops ready to leave Chornobyl nuclear power plant and its satellite city Slavutych, Energoatom said.
“The Russian troops that seized the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the exclusion zone moved two convoys toward the Ukrainian border with Belarus. This morning, they told the Ukrainian staff at the plant that they would leave.”
The Russian forces made the staff of the plant sign a document saying they “have no claims toward the Rosgvardia forces,” said a statement by Energoatom, the Ukrainian state-run company that operates nuclear power stations. The document also said that the Rosgvardia force “guarded” the Chornobyl nuclear power plant between February 24 and March 31.
A small number of Russian military remain at the plant, Energoatom said. The Ukrainian troops lost control of the station on the first day of Russia’s invasion.
Some of the Russian troops that were stationed at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant were taken to the Belarusian radiation medicine center in Gomel to be treated for radiation sickness, said Yaroslav Yemelianenko, member of the Public Council at the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management.
On March 26, the Russian troops entered Slavutych, in Kyiv region. They tried to disperse the rally in support of Ukraine leaving several people wounded.
The Russian troops ready to move a convoy from occupied Slavutych.
Seventy-five thousand citizens evacuated from Mariupol. Russia forcibly moved 45 thousand people to Russia and occupied territories. In Mariupol, 100 thousand people still need to be evacuated, Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk said.
One hundred forty-eight children were killed since Russia invaded Ukraine, 232 more were wounded, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine said. This data is not final since there is no access to areas of fierce fighting and temporarily occupied areas including Mariupol, and some parts of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Luhansk regions.
In Irpin, civilian casualty toll at least 200-300, Irpin mayor said.
“We don’t have the precise figure. During the days of heavy fighting and incessant shelling, people buried their fellow citizens in the courtyards and parks. Around 200-300 people were killed,” said Irpin mayor Oleksandr Markushyn during a news conference.
A lot of civilians were killed as they were trapped under the rubble of apartment buildings and private houses. It will take time to clear the rubble. “Half of the city is destroyed. We have not yet cleared the rubble. There are people under the rubble. Many left, but many stayed,” the mayor said. Around 3.5 citizens remain in the city.
Ukraine in Flames #21. How new sanctions and tech isolation hit Russia?
Speakers:
Hennadiy Chyzhykov, President of Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Adrian Piechota, representative of Civic Platform “Młodzi Demokraci” Association
Mstyslav Banik, Head of the Development of Digital Service at Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Hlib Vyshlinsky, Executive Director of Centre for Economic Strategy
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