The 1986 accident at the nuclear power plant near Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine caused the largest release of radioactivity in human history. When invading Russian troops took control of the surrounding area in the province of Kyiv Oblast in February, they destroyed important research laboratories in the partially abandoned city of Chernobyl before retreating a month later.
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Source: Ecology - nature.com
