CORRECTON: A previous version of this story included a report tweeted by NBC'sRichard Engel that the Chernobyl nuclear waste facility had been "destroyed." Engel has since deleted that tweet and we have revised our story. Raw Story regrets the error.
At roughly 10pm ET this Wednesday, Russian military forces began their invasion of Ukraine. Explosions were heard in major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odessa.
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that at least 40 people have been killed so far with dozens of others wounded.
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According to CNN, fighting reached as far as Chernobyl, where a nuclear waste facility was attacked and "destroyed."
"Troops overran the plant on the first day of Russia's multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine," CNN reported, citing "a spokesperson for the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, Yevgeniya Kuznetsovа.
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