Entrances to Pripyat are blocked

Eyewitnesses report that it is impossible to enter Pripyat by private cars. Entrances to the city are blocked by police officers. The entrances to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are blocked separately. Residents report that they are also prohibited from leaving the city. Earlier it was reported that long-distance communications were cut off in the city.

At 1:23 a.m., an explosion and fire occurred on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but no connection between the cordon and the emergency was reported.