Russian forces began to leave the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after it was exposed to it Large doses of radiation Ukraine’s state energy company said Friday, to dig trenches at the contaminated site.
Energoatum added that the Russians are heading into the woods within the exclusion zone around the plant, which has been disabled, but has a nuclear waste storage facility.
The Ukrainian National Nuclear Energy Corporation said the troops “got into a panic at the first sign of illness”, which “appeared very quickly”, and immediately began preparations for withdrawal.
Russians Chernobyl took over In the first phase of the invasion, which began on February 24, it immediately raised fears that it might cause damage or unrest scatter radiation.
Meanwhile, according to Energoatom, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant again came under Ukrainian control. The company claims it was officially handed over by the Russian National Guard to Ukraine The nuclear complex that he controlled for several weeks. In turn, the Ukrainian military offensive announced that about 700 Russian military vehicles had been withdrawn from Kyiv, Skynews writes.
The withdrawal of Russian forces comes as the fighting continues and at a time when there are signs of the presence of the Kremlin Regroup your forces To transport them in order to launch a reinforced offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is witnessing “a build-up of Russian forces for further attacks in the Donbass region” and that Ukrainian forces are “preparing for this”.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also said that NATO’s secret intelligence services indicate that Russia is not restricting its military operations in Ukraine, but rather is redirecting its forces to join attacks in the Donbass, where Moscow-backed separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces since 2014.
