INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a U.S
defense official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities.Troops seized control of
away from the Chernobyl facility and moving into Belarus," the U.S
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
worst nuclear disaster in 1986.With shelling continuing overnight, Ukraine and Western powers cast doubt on Russia's pledge on Tuesday to
reduce military activity around Chernigiv and the capital Kyiv.
