Ukraine says radiation levels around captured nuclear power plant "unchanged"

The radiation levels around the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine remain unchanged, the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration Olexandr Starukh said Saturday on Facebook.

"As of 7:00 a.m. (GMT 0500) on March 5, 2022, the radiation level in the territory of Zaporizhzhia region remains unchanged and does not pose a threat to the life and health of the population," Starukh wrote on Facebook.

Separately, the head of the Donetsk military-civilian administration Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Facebook that a temporary ceasefire has been declared in certain areas in Donetsk and the evacuation of citizens from the city of Mariupol through a humanitarian corridor would begin at 11:00 a.m. local time (GMT 0900).

The Russian military early Friday captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest one in Europe.