Russian forces seize control of Chernobyl nuclear plant 

Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces are battling other troops just miles from Kyiv for control of a strategic airport

The site of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant - 130km north of Kyiv. File Picture: Wikimedia Commons

Russian forces have seized control of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster. 

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier stated that Ukrainian forces had engaged Russian troops at various locations around the more than 2,500 square kilometre containment zone around the plant.