(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 25 - "We cannot know what is in the heads of the Russians. We could not expect them to take over nuclear power plants. Our region will always be in danger as long as the system in Russia does not change. Threats always exist" .
Yurii Fomichev, mayor of Slavutich, the satellite city of Chernobyl where the workers of the plant live, told ANSA.
The mayor himself was captured by the Russians on March 26 for a few hours, until he convinced them that "there were no weapons or armed soldiers in the city".
Russian forces withdrew from the Slavutich area between March 29 and April 3.
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