Fires break out in exclusion zone around Chernobyl nuclear plant

• Russia has said it is carrying out enhanced radiation monitoring after fires broke out in the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Friday.
• The country’s national public health agency said that enhanced radiation monitoring was being conducted and the situation was now “stable”.
• The 1986 Chernobyl disaster is considered to be the world's worst civil nuclear accident.
• It spread Iodine-131, Caesium-134 and Caesium-137 across parts of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, northern and central Europe.
• Meanwhile, Ukraine has continued its long-range attacks on Russia with a drone strike one of the country’s largest oil refineries, located in Yaroslavl.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Firefighters race to Chernobyl nuclear plant after massive blaze breaks out in exclusion zone