Russian-Backed Rebels Offer Reassurances on Radioactive Waste

摘要

Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine have sought to assuage concerns that a cache of radioactive waste at a local chemical factory could pose a threat. Andrei Purgin, a rebel leader in Donetsk, said according to Russian news reports, that the rebel leadership would welcome monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to check the site's condition. Rebel military spokesman Eduard Basurin said that the storage has remained safely sealed, Interfax reported.