Russian forces beginning to withdraw from Chernobyl: US
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A Maxar satellite image taken on March 10 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, Ukraine shows Russian forces have begun to pull out of, according to the US.
Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a US defense official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities.
Troops seized control of the Chernobyl site -- where radioactive waste is still stored -- on February 24, the first day of the invasion.
"Chernobyl is (an) area where they are beginning to reposition some of their troops -- leaving, walking away from the Chernobyl facility and moving into Belarus," the US official said.
"We think that they are leaving, I can't tell you that they're all gone."
Russian troops also captured Europe's largest nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia on March 4, sparking alarm when shelling caused a fire at a training facility.
UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi visited the separate South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant on Wednesday on his first trip to the country since Russia's invasion raised fears of a nuclear accident.
Grossi has repeatedly warned of the dangers of the conflict -- the first in a country with a vast nuclear estate.
