Fighting in Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant, near nuclear waste repository

Russian troops have invaded Ukrainian territory in the exclusion zone of the nuclear power plant Chernobylas informed today by Antón Gueraschenko, adviser to the Ministry of the Interior.

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”The National Guard, which is in charge of guaranteeing the safety of radioactive dumping deposits, is fighting with all its might”he wrote in a statement.

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The official warned that if the deposits with radioactive remains are damaged, “Nuclear dust can spread throughout the territory of Ukraine, Belarus and the countries of the European Union.”

The exclusion zone Chernobylwhich is separated from Belarusian territory by the Prípyat River, which gives its name to the city where the workers of the Soviet plant lived, has been patrolled for weeks by the Ukrainian National Guard.

the territory of Ukraine and the one of Belarus they were the most affected by the radioactive cloud caused by the greatest nuclear catastrophe in history that occurred on April 26, 1986.

In anticipation of a possible attack, last Friday the Ukrainian authorities suspended tourist trips to the area of Chernobyla very popular destination among foreign tourists in recent years.

Ukraine and the NATO they had denounced that the “Allied Determination-2022” maneuvers between Russia and Belarus held in the territory of the latter country were, in reality, preparations for an invasion.

The Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, Valery Zaluzhnidenounced today that four ballistic missiles had been launched from Belarusian territory.

The border service of Ukraine this morning denounced attacks with heavy weapons from Belarusian territory, which was vehemently denied by the president of that country, Alexandr Lukashenko. Our troops have no part in this operation,” he said.

Ukrainian soldiers “sacrifice their lives”

the ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky He said Thursday that his country’s troops were fighting so that Russian forces did not take control of the Chernobyl plant.

“The Russian occupation forces are trying to take over Chernobyl. Our soldiers are sacrificing their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 does not happen again.”, Zelensky wrote on Twitter, referring to the date of that disaster.

Source: EFE / AFP

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