The armies of Russia and Ukraine ensure the safety of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, over which the Russian military has taken control. This became known on Friday, February 25.
On February 24, Russian servicemen established control over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The Russian military has agreed with the servicemen of a separate battalion of the protection of the nuclear power plant of the National Guard of Ukraine on joint protection of power units, sarcophagus and storage of spent nuclear fuel.
The radioactive background in the area of the nuclear power plant is normal, the staff continues to maintain facilities in normal mode. The cooperation of the Russian Federation and Ukrainian specialists guarantees the exclusion of the possibility of a nuclear provocation.
Kiev's statements about armed clashes near the nuclear power plant and warnings about a repeat of the tragedy of 1986 are not true.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. After that, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky accused Russia of hitting the country's military infrastructure and imposed martial law on the entire territory of Ukraine. He also said that Kiev is severing diplomatic relations with Moscow and withdrawing its diplomats from the embassy.
The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the army did not launch air missile or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities. The civilian population of the country is not in danger. High-precision means of destruction disable military infrastructure: military airfields, aviation, air defense facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On February 21, the heads of the DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik appealed to Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. The relevant decrees were signed in the evening of the same day. In the presence of the leaders of the republics, the President of the Russian Federation also signed treaties on friendship, cooperation and assistance. The documents were ratified the next day by both the republics themselves and the Russian State Duma.
The situation in Donbass escalated on February 17, 2022. In the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, intense shelling by Ukrainian security forces, including from heavy weapons, was reported. The republics announced a general mobilization and evacuation of civilians to the territory of Russia.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian authorities have been conducting a military operation against the residents of Donbass, who refused to recognize the results of the coup and the new government in Ukraine. At the same time, Kiev blames Moscow for the current situation. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the conflict.
