Russian Soldiers Who Occupied Chernobyl Only Have ‘A Year To Live’, Says Ukrainian Minister

Russian soldiers who barricaded themselves for more than a month at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have “no more than a year to live,” the Russian Defense Ministry warned. Ukraine.

On its Twitter account, the ministry noted: “Russian soldiers who were digging trenches near the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl They are not more than a year old. That is the harsh fate and ruthless end of the Russian military who are being killed by their own command.”

According to the Ukrainian Minister of Energy, the Russian soldiers were exposed to a “creepy” amount of radioactivity and it is for this reason that they believe they do not have long to live.

According to the state agency for the management of the exclusion zone surrounding the old nuclear power plant, where the worst nuclear catastrophe in human history occurred in 1986, the Russian forces that occupied Chernobyl also stole radioactive substances from the laboratories that could be nuclear.

russian soldiers who were digging fortifications near the Chornobyl nuclear power plant have no more than a year to live, says the head of @minenergo_ua Germán Galushchenko. That’s the hard fate and ruthless end of russian military who are being killed by their own command.

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) April 8, 2022

Russian troops occupied the plant from the beginning of the invasion, on February 24, and remained there until March 31.

Soldiers steal highly radioactive substances

The soldiers looted two laboratories during their stay: they entered a storage area and stole 133 highly radioactive substances.

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

Since the Chernobyl accident, an area covering 30 kilometers around the old plant is considered the “exclusion zone” that, in theory, cannot be inhabited. Soviet authorities relocated at least 200,000 people who lived near the plant. However, more than 100 people still live in the exclusion zone surrounding the former nuclear plant.

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Of the approximately 7,000 people who enter and leave the area to work, more than 4,000 have shifts of 15 days a month or four days a week, with schedules designed to minimize exposure to ionizing radiation.

The reactor is covered with a sarcophagus designed to contain radioactive contamination.

Source: Elcomercio

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