Russians have destroyed Chernobyl lab - Ukraine

Russian troops occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have "looted and destroyed"

Russian troops occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have "looted and destroyed" a laboratory at the site, Qazet.az reports according to Ukrainian officials.

The State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management said the Russians had damaged their Central Analytical Labratory - which processed a lot of radioactive waste.

The state agency said in a Facebook post that the laboratory had "highly active samples and samples of radionuclides, which today are in the hands of the enemy".

The lab, which cost about six million euros to set up, had also contained "valuable analytical equipment" that were not available elsewhere in Europe, the agency said.