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Securing Chernobyl

April 27, 2022

IAEA chief Rafael Mariano-Grossi said Russia's recent occupation of Chernobyl had been very dangerous, and that radiation levels went up during the takeover, but are now back to pre-invasion levels. DW's Matthias Bölinger reports from Chernobyl.

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