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Wrap up for April 10, 2022

Under the cut: Chernobyl staff traded out for the first time in three weeks, Russian troops took radioactive samples from Chernobyl, businesses in Kyiv are reopening, Russia appoints new commander for invasion, Zelenskyy addresses the nation, Donestsk evacuations, and more.

“Ukraine carried out the first staff rotation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in three weeks, the country told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday.

Russian troops left the power station north of Kyiv earlier this month, after occupying the area for more than a month, and headed toward the border with Belarus, Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company said. The site’s analytical laboratories for radiation monitoring were “destroyed and the analytical instruments stolen, broken or otherwise disabled”, Ukraine told the IAEA.“ While it is very positive that Ukrainian authorities are gradually restoring regulatory control of the Chernobyl site, it is clear that a lot of work remains to return the site to normality,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, the IAEA director general, said in a statement.” via The Guardian and CNN

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A Facebook post from State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management claims that Russian forces took radioactive samples from Chernobyl. The current whereabouts of the samples are unknown. The post goes on to say if the samples are not handled correctly, they will result in radiation sickness and burns, on top of the radiation already consumed while they were digging in The Red Forest. The original post is in Ukrainian and was translated using Google Translate.

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“Kyiv is reopening after siege: 900 grocery stores, 460 cafes working, 535 car repair shops, 35 food markets, 55 bakeries, 75 clothes and shoes stores open, according to the city administration.” via The Kyiv Independent Twitter, link includes map

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“Russia has appointed a new Ukraine war commander, a U.S. official said Sunday. One of Russia’s most experienced military officers, Gen. Alexander Dvornikov has a record of brutality against civilians in Syria, according to U.S. officials.” via the Associated Press on Twitter. More on this from The Guardian.

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“In response to mounting losses, the Russian armed forces seek to bolster troop number with personnel discharged from military service since 2012.” via Ministry of Defence (UK) on Twitter.

Additionally, from The Guardian on this:  “Russia is boosting its campaign to recruit men who are not eligible for conscription to fight in the eastern Donbas region, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence service.

Posting an update on Telegram, the agency said that employees of “strategic enterprises” are now being drafted. They were previously exempt from active service.Russia aims to mobilise around 1,700 employees of the Alchevsk steelworks, it said, as well as powerline maintenance workers in the locality. Earlier, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhaylo Podolyak told Ukraine that it must push back enemy forces in the eastern Donbas region in order to bolster negotiating power for President Volodmyr Zelenskiy.“

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Zelenskyy addressed the Ukrainian people on Sunday, via CNN. “Zelensky said the nation is doing all it can to win the war and accused Russian leadership of "lying" in efforts to shift the blame away from them. “When cowardice grows, everything turns into catastrophe," he continued. "When people don’t have the courage to recognize their mistakes and apologize, to conform to reality, and to see that they are turning into monsters." The Ukrainian president said Russia has lost touch with reality, acting as aggressors yet blaming Ukraine for the actions committed by Russian troops, including the killings in Bucha, the missile strike on the train station in Kramatorsk, and "every destroyed city and burnt village."” View the whole video on Telegram (video in Ukrainian with English subtitles.

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Most of the fighting is in the eastern part of Ukraine. Luhansk, Donetsk, and other areas are under attack (link is to a Ukrainian news source in Ukrainian). This tracks with Russia claiming that they’re trying to “liberate” the eastern part of Ukraine. 

2,800 people were evacuated on April 10, but evacuation from Mariupol and Lohansk Oblast was stalled due to fighting.

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