Explosive experts discovered 13 booby traps in a single cemetery in the Kyiv region, revealing a pattern of Russian forces rigging civilian infrastructure and burial sites with explosives.
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Explosive experts found 13 booby traps in just one cemetery in the Kyiv region
Cemeteries have been rigged with explosives by Russian forces
Direct communications were restored between the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and the state atomic power regulator
Russian troops left the Chornobyl facility prior to the restoration of communications
Water supply was fully restored in Irpin and Bucha, but electricity shortages prevented water from reaching most households.
It will take about $1 billion to restore the destroyed or damaged housing stock of Irpen, as well as the city's infrastructure.
About $850 million is needed to restore the destroyed or damaged housing stock of Irpen.
The cost of rebuilding the destroyed city infrastructure is about $150 million.
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