Ukraine denounces that Russian soldiers stole radioactive substances from Chernobyl that could be deadly

The Russian forces that occupied Chernobyl They stole radioactive substances from laboratories that could be deadly, the state management agency for the exclusion zone surrounding the former nuclear power plant said on Sunday.

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Russian forces occupied the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl the first day of his invasion of Ukraineon February 24 and were in this highly radioactive zone for more than a month, before retiring on March 31.

The agency said on Facebook that Russian soldiers looted two laboratories in the area. According to the authorities, they entered a storage area and 133 highly radioactive substances were stolen.

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“Even a small part of this activity is deadly if handled unprofessionally”the agency said.

This week, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Gulashchenko claimed Russian soldiers were exposed to a “creepy” amount of radioactivity and said some of them had less than a year to live.

the center of Chernobyl It was the site of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophe in 1986.

Source: Elcomercio

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