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At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian troops were stationed in the contaminated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Another inhuman act by Putin.
Chernobyl – When the nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986, the Soviet leadership tried to cover up the extent of the disaster. The targeted disinformation policy cost many lives at the time. Russia still clings to the story that only a few people died in the reactor explosion. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin’s ruthlessness was said to be on display again at Chernobyl. It cost human lives want
Reports on Kyiv Post According to reports, hundreds of Russian soldiers reportedly lived in trenches made of contaminated soil at the start of the Ukraine war. Russian troops also reportedly ignored a no-fly zone over the power plant. The first soldier stationed in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone reportedly died weeks after his deployment, according to a statement from the Russian military carried by Ukrainian media.
Ukrainian Energy Minister on Russian Aggression: “Everyone is taking home a piece of Chernobyl. dead or alive”
On February 24, 2022 To occupy the Russian troops The nuclear site is 150 kilometers north of Kiev near the border with Belarus. It was already announced in April Daily news From the report of an employee of a damaged nuclear power plant. According to Lyudmilla Kozak, the Russian troops allegedly ignored all safety regulations. As per the report Kyiv Post, Cossack said Russian soldiers dug trenches in the exclusion zone. “Every Russian soldier takes a piece of Chernobyl home with him, dead or alive,” Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said at the time.
Oleksandr Menzul, a Ukrainian nuclear engineer, assessed the Russian soldiers’ chances of survival as poor in February. Opposite State News Agency Ugrinform He says: “None of the Russian soldiers who were there survived.” By this the nuclear engineer refers to the so-called “red forest”. It is a 10 square kilometer uninhabited forest area that has been exposed to radiation from the air as a result of the reactor accident.
Up to 2,000 Russian soldiers are said to have been stationed at the Chernobyl site
According to the report Kyiv Post Between 200 and 500 Russian combat troops are said to have dug into the forest. Troop planners reportedly initially expected troops to be stationed on Ukrainian territory. However, since the attack on the country did not go according to the Kremlin’s plan, the soldiers were kept at the site of the damaged nuclear power plant for a long time. In total, up to 2,000 Russian soldiers are said to have been stationed in the region for a long time.
Russian troops spread radioactive sand while building defense bases
A National Guardsman said loudly Kyiv Post Towards a research team Media Initiative for Human Rights, the Russian troops were said to have “not known that it was harmful radiation”, so the Russian soldiers allegedly exposed not only themselves but other soldiers to the radiation. Soldiers reportedly filled sandbags with excavated soil that were used to build defensive positions around the area.
By the end of March 2022, Russian troops had reportedly withdrawn from the area. At the time, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russian President Vladimir Putin had exposed his armed forces to radiation. Health placed at risk. (paw)
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