On February 24, the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant was one of the first targets to be occupied by Russian troops in Ukraine. The military took control of the plant while international concern spread that poor maintenance of the facilities would lead to a radioactive accident. Five weeks later, most of the Russian troops left the area.
“The occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the excluded area, marched in two columns to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border,” the Telegram quoted Energoatom as saying. The operator reported that troops were also leaving Slavutic, a nearby town where factory workers usually live.
U.S. intelligence said Wednesday that Russian forces were withdrawing from Chernobyl. Russia says the relocation of troops to that side is part of a commitment to reduce attacks. But Ukrainian government sources say the march was caused by an unknown number of soldiers who were affected by radiation.
Red Forest, one of the most polluted places on the planet
According to the agency, part of the Russian troops built “fortifications” and dug trenches “in the middle of the Red Forest, the most polluted in the whole exclusion zone” around the nuclear power plant.
The Red Forest is a forested area that covers about 10 km around the Chernobyl power plant. It has been dubbed the reddish color of its pine, which died instantly in 1986 as a result of a serious accident at the plant after absorbing high doses of nuclear radiation. The place is considered to be one of the most polluted zones in the world.
Not surprisingly, the occupants received significant doses of radiation and panicked at the first sign of illness.
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“It is not surprising that the occupants received significant doses of radiation and panicked at the first sign of illness. And it was revealed very quickly. “As a result, there was almost a riot among the military,” Energotom added, noting that “this morning” Russian troops had told factory personnel that they were leaving the facility.
On Tuesday, Chernobyl workers, who quoted anonymously to Reuters, reported that Russian soldiers who had captured Chernobyl on February 24 were moving armored vehicles without radiation protection into a highly toxic zone called the Red Forest, near the Red Forest.
According to two sources, the soldiers in the convoy were not using anti-radiation equipment. A second Chernobyl employee said it was a “suicide” for the soldiers because the radioactive dust they inhaled could cause internal radiation into their bodies.
The number of troops who have gone to Belarus, how many may be contaminated in the Red Forest and how many remain at the plant, where Energoatom has confirmed that a “small group” of Russian troops remain, has not been disclosed.
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, one of the most serious of its kind since the 1986 accident, is out of order but needs control tasks to store waste in the refrigerator and prevent radioactive leaks in its facilities.
The plant suffered several shutdowns after the Russian invasion, and the UN Atomic Energy Agency condemned the plight of its workers, who had been detained for weeks and were unable to take rest.
Source: El Diario
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