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Yet another war crime that Putin should be held responsible for, the list is becoming longer each day.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has asked for international donors to help repair the damage left after Russian forces' control of the Chernobyl area earlier this year.
It says initial calculations suggest the damage caused to buildings, equipment and infrastructure will cost at least EUR100 million to repair.
As well as top soil in the exclusion zone being disturbed by Russian forces digging into position during the occupation, bridges to the site were also destroyed during the fighting, so the only way to access Chernobyl at the moment is by river.
The acting head of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Valeriy Seyda, said that staff had managed to keep control over nuclear materials and radiological waste during the occupation - from 24 February until 31 March - but he said there had been "significant material and economic damage" and "without the support of the international community once again" they would be "unable to return to the pre-war status quo for a disastrously long time".
Yet another war crime that Putin should be held responsible for, the list is becoming longer each day.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has asked for international donors to help repair the damage left after Russian forces' control of the Chernobyl area earlier this year.
It says initial calculations suggest the damage caused to buildings, equipment and infrastructure will cost at least EUR100 million to repair.
As well as top soil in the exclusion zone being disturbed by Russian forces digging into position during the occupation, bridges to the site were also destroyed during the fighting, so the only way to access Chernobyl at the moment is by river.
The acting head of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Valeriy Seyda, said that staff had managed to keep control over nuclear materials and radiological waste during the occupation - from 24 February until 31 March - but he said there had been "significant material and economic damage" and "without the support of the international community once again" they would be "unable to return to the pre-war status quo for a disastrously long time".
