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Ukraine war latest: Russian chemical plant, oil depot set ablaze following Ukrainian strikes

Key developments on June 13-14: * Russian chemical plant, oil depot set ablaze following Ukrainian strikes * Russia fired nearly 2,000 drones at Ukraine in one week, Zelensky says * Black Sea Fleet command plans relocation from Crimea to Russia’s Novorossiysk, pro-Ukrainian partisans claim * UK seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in 'first operation of its kind' * UN records highest civilian casualty toll in Ukraine since 2022 Ukraine struck a chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast, an

About Chornobyl

Chornobyl in northern Ukraine is the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which occurred in 1986. The site is approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Kyiv. Russian forces seized the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on February 24, 2022, occupying the contaminated area until late March 2022 and causing disruptions to radiation monitoring. Ukrainian authorities restored control after Russian troops withdrew in the spring of 2022.

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