Ukraine: ‘They Were Hooligans’: Chernobyl Locals Reeling after Russian Invasion

Apr 13, 2022 | Luke Harding, Guardian
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Russian forces trundled into the Chernobyl exclusion zone on 24 February in the early hours of the invasion. According to Davidenko, they crossed over the Pripyat River from Belarus using a pontoon bridge. They then headed towards the Chernobyl nuclear power station, covered with a giant sarcophagus, the scene of the disastrous 1986 accident.