Photo taken on Feb. 27, 2022 shows smoke rising in the sky in Kiev, Ukraine. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)
"As of 7:00 a.m. (GMT 0500) on March 5, 2022, the radiation level in the territory of Zaporizhzhia region remains unchanged and does not pose a threat to the life and health of the population," the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration said Saturday.
KIEV, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The radiation levels around the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine remain unchanged, the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration Olexandr Starukh said Saturday on Facebook.
"As of 7:00 a.m. (GMT 0500) on March 5, 2022, the radiation level in the territory of Zaporizhzhia region remains unchanged and does not pose a threat to the life and health of the population," Starukh wrote on Facebook.
Separately, the head of the Donetsk military-civilian administration Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Facebook that a temporary ceasefire has been declared in certain areas in Donetsk and the evacuation of citizens from the city of Mariupol through a humanitarian corridor would begin at 11:00 a.m. local time (GMT 0900).
The Russian military early Friday captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest one in Europe. ■
