Chernobyl employees say Russian soldiers had no idea what the plant was and call their behavior 'sui

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

‘suicidal’

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.

The Chernobyl power plant, which suffered a reactor meltdown in 1986 that left dangerously high radiation levels in the area, was the site of one of the first face-to-face confrontations in the Ukraine War. Russian forces won that battle, taking control of the reactors and raising concerns throughout Europe about their stewardship of them.

Recent reports show just how real those concerns were.

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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.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chernobyl-employees-say-russian-soldiers-had-no-idea-what-the-plant-was-and-call-their-behavior-suicidal/ar-AAVDBF4

Brilliant!!!

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. What could go wrong?

[FakeNoose]

2. The Chernobyl disaster happened in 1986

These Russian soldiers weren't even born yet, probably never heard of it, had no idea how dangerous the place is.

[Igel]

3. Don't know if they know about it.

But since it's a Soviet/Russian embarrassment, at the very least I doubt it would have been dwelt on for long, much less emphasized.

The Urals nuclear disaster is pretty much ignored.

As Putin said, no real Russian would *ever* be ashamed of being Russian.

That's so meme-ready as to be ridiculous.

[Takket]

4. Wow

I remember when that happened saying to my wife, how do you just take over a nuclear power plant? You can’t just run a bunch of soldiers inside and have them run the place. It takes teams of engineers across many different skill sets to run those places.

So when Russia takes it over how do they run it? Use Ukrainians as slave? Bring in their own engineers???

[Hekate]

5. This war & occupation were not at all intelligently planned, it seems. The mind reels.

and also