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EU commissioners in Ukraine to make Chornobyl safe, again
Europe

EU commissioners in Ukraine to make Chornobyl safe, again

by Chris Powers

The EU's commissioners for economy and for energy, Valdis Dombrovskis and Dan Jørgensen, arrived in Kyiv on April 26, the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, to discuss protecting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and the need to fundraise to repair a shelter that still protects from radioactive fallout created in the world's worst-ever nuclear disaster. A Russian drone, potentially costing as little as $70,000, struck the New Safe Confinement (NSC) protective shelter of the destr

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News from occupied Ukraine: Evictions in Mariupol, more strikes on Crimea, stolen grain

This weekly update from the Kyiv Independent aims to shed light on the situation facing Ukrainians living under Russian occupation and the ever-tightening control of information imposed by the Kremlin. Key news as of May 2: * Russia begins evictions from "ownerless" apartments in Russian-occupied Mariupol * Belarus bars Russian conscripts from leaving country, raising risks for Ukrainians in occupied territories * Ukraine hits Russian Iskander missile storage facility, oil depot in occupied

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