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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Mar 29, 2022, 07:38 PM Mar 2022

Chernobyl employees say Russian soldiers had no idea what the plant was and call their behavior 'sui [View all]

‘suicidal’

Weeks after Russian soldiers took over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine, new reports reveal that the invading forces have engaged in reckless behavior at the facility beyond their initial shelling of it.

The Chernobyl power plant, which suffered a reactor meltdown in 1986 that left dangerously high radiation levels in the area, was the site of one of the first face-to-face confrontations in the Ukraine War. Russian forces won that battle, taking control of the reactors and raising concerns throughout Europe about their stewardship of them.

Recent reports show just how real those concerns were.

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Shortly after the occupation started, Ukrainian officials warned that radiation levels at Chernobyl were rising due to a large number of heavy military machines disturbing the topsoil around the area. These reports have now been confirmed by employees working at Chernobyl around the time of the invasion who observed “a big convoy of military vehicles” driving straight through zones so contaminated with radiation that even trained safety workers at Chernobyl are not allowed to venture there.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chernobyl-employees-say-russian-soldiers-had-no-idea-what-the-plant-was-and-call-their-behavior-suicidal/ar-AAVDBF4

Brilliant!!!
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