As of 8:00 AM on February 20, the radiation levels in Chornobyl stand at 18 µR/h, which remains within safe limits.
According to the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Borys Sreznevskyi, the radiation levels in Kyiv and the Kyiv region are as follows (in µR/h):
- Chernobyl – 18
- Kyiv – 12
- Vyshhorod – 10
- Piskivka – 9
- Fastiv – 12
- Bila Tserkva – 13
- Myronivka – 11
- Boryspil – 10
- Yahotyn – 11
- Baryshivka – 11
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reports that the safe radiation threshold is up to 50 µR/h in Chornobyl and up to 30 µR/h in other cities.
On Tuesday, February 19, the radiation level in Chornobyl was recorded at 19 µR/h.
Earlier, on the night of February 14, a Russian attack drone with an explosive warhead struck the shelter above the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
The Security Service of Ukraine discovered debris from a Russian Shahed-type Geran-2 kamikaze drone inside and near the protective structure. Experts believe the attack was a deliberate strike on the facility.
