Kyiv: After the Russian troops captured the Chernobyl Power plant on Friday, the radiation level at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has exceeded control levels, Ukraine has said.

Parliament of Ukraine said in a tweet, "Data from the automated radiation monitoring system of the exclusion zone, which is available online, indicate that the control levels of gamma radiation dose rate, which show up as red dots, have been exceeded at a significant number of observation points, its parliament said in a statement". 

The statement added that it is "currently impossible to establish the reasons for the change in the radiation background in the exclusion zone because of the occupation and military fight in this territory."

The infamous Chernobyl power plant, the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear accidents, has been captured by the Russian troops, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak to reporters today. 

"It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians," Podolyak told Reuters. 

Chernobyl was the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. The plant is located approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. 

Data from the automated radiation monitoring system of the exclusion zone, which is available online, indicate that the control levels of gamma radiation dose rate (red dots) have been exceeded at a significant number of observation points. pic.twitter.com/G4WEGgkMcT

— Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (@ua_parliament) February 25, 2022