Russian Soldiers Camped in Chernobyl's Radioactive Forest. Guess What Happened Next.
Since the notorious meltdown and explosion of its No. 4 reactor in 1986, Chernobyl has become the global touchstone for what can go awry with nuclear power. The long-tailed aftermath of the disaster has been the subject of everything from a prominent BBC dramatization and a cult classic video game. In 2017, the compromised reactor was re-entombed in a modernized sarcophagus to mitigate release contaminants from nearly 250 tons of nuclear fuel, irradiated dust, plutonium and uranium within.
But somehow, the still-very-real health risks inherent to lingering around certain parts of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone just didn’t sink in with Russian soldiers and their commanding officers based in Belarus, who invaded Ukraine in 2022.
Radiation sunk in, though—particularly after Russian troops dug into the zone’s heavily irradiated Red Forest. And today, some soldiers are still falling sick, according to diplomatic sources cited by the UK journal The Independent.
The identity of the source is unclear, but these are not the first such claims of radiation sickness amongst Russian troops in that area. The U.K.’s Telegraph alleged in April 2022 that a Russian soldier died from radiation exposure at Chernobyl. During Russia’s occupation, Ukrainian sources claimed Russian soldiers were pulled from garrison duty for treatment at radiation research center in Gomel, Belarus—a claim later supported by doctors in Belarus affiliated with the opposition.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-soldiers-camped-in-chernobyl-s-radioactive-forest-guess-what-happened-next/ar-AA1aHdF3
Heckuva job Pooty Poot.
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