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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChernobyl employees: RU soldiers had no idea what the plant was and call their behavior 'suicidal'
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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.
Two of these employees have reportedly witnessed instances of rash and dangerous conduct by the Russians, according to Reuters, with one source calling their behavior suicidal. Some soldiers had reportedly never heard about the disaster that some historians believe signaled the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union.
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.
Russian armored vehicles without radiation protection were seen driving through an area called the Red Forest, an area of woods four square miles in size surrounding the power plant. The area absorbed so much radiation from the Chernobyl explosion that its trees turned a gingery brown color, giving the forest its nickname. It is considered one of the worlds most radioactive places. The employees said that the military vehicles kicked up a big column of dust, which may be what sent radiation levels soaring in the area following the invasion. The workers believed that breathing in that much radioactive dust could cause radiation poisoning, which can quickly turn lethal.
More at https://fortune.com/2022/03/29/chernobyl-ukraine-russian-soldiers-dangerous-radiation/
Two of these employees have reportedly witnessed instances of rash and dangerous conduct by the Russians, according to Reuters, with one source calling their behavior suicidal. Some soldiers had reportedly never heard about the disaster that some historians believe signaled the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union.
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.
Russian armored vehicles without radiation protection were seen driving through an area called the Red Forest, an area of woods four square miles in size surrounding the power plant. The area absorbed so much radiation from the Chernobyl explosion that its trees turned a gingery brown color, giving the forest its nickname. It is considered one of the worlds most radioactive places. The employees said that the military vehicles kicked up a big column of dust, which may be what sent radiation levels soaring in the area following the invasion. The workers believed that breathing in that much radioactive dust could cause radiation poisoning, which can quickly turn lethal.
More at https://fortune.com/2022/03/29/chernobyl-ukraine-russian-soldiers-dangerous-radiation/
Also, see https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216545968
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Chernobyl employees: RU soldiers had no idea what the plant was and call their behavior 'suicidal' (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Mar 2022
OP
More proof (not that any more proof is needed) that pootin doesn't give a shit about his own troops
texasfiddler
Mar 2022
#2
I think a more accurate metaphor is "toy soldiers." Power is just a big game to them.
Earth-shine
Mar 2022
#5
When they start dying, it will be represented as "chemical warfare." Watch and see.
Chainfire
Mar 2022
#4
lapfog_1
(29,969 posts)1. scratch one column of russian forces
however, dying of radiation poisoning is not something I would wish on my worst enemy,
texasfiddler
(2,182 posts)2. More proof (not that any more proof is needed) that pootin doesn't give a shit about his own troops
Rump was the same way. Pootin and rump only care about the troops when they benefit them personally. Beyond that, they don't give a shit.
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)5. I think a more accurate metaphor is "toy soldiers." Power is just a big game to them.
czarjak
(12,330 posts)3. Disturbing! LHM
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)4. When they start dying, it will be represented as "chemical warfare." Watch and see.
How long, in general terms, would it take, after breathing the dust, to show symptoms?
Deep State Witch
(11,156 posts)6. Is Putin TRYING to kill his own people?
I mean, this is just fucking stupid.
uponit7771
(91,355 posts)7. He didn't think they would be staying there long