Russian invaders caused damage to the Chernobyl zone for 2.5 billion

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The Ministry of Ecology assessed the damage from the Russian occupiers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
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10:19, 24.05.2022

The Russian military has caused significant environmental damage to the Chernobyl zone. At the beginning of the war, they tried to commit an act of nuclear terrorism at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and held plant workers hostage.



This was told by the Minister of Environmental Protection Ruslan Strelets, writes Reuters .

According to him, the Russian invaders caused damage to the Chernobyl Reserve. Preliminary damage is more than 2.5 billion hryvnia.

They also disabled some of the posts that measure the control of the radiation state, destroyed the latest laboratory, which has no analogues in Europe, and part of the computer equipment.

During the retreat, the Russian troops replaced the territory. Currently, experts of the State Emergency Service are working on demining.

According to Sagittarius, to date, 245 cases of ecocide on land and in the waters of the seas have been registered in our state. In particular, 34 cases were registered in the Kyiv region. The Minister noted that this is the highest figure. Read on "Censor.NET": The level of radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant during the occupation by the Russian army increased What the invaders left behind in the Chernobyl exclusion zone The invaders at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant destroyed documents that scientists had collected for decades Work on documenting the crimes of the Russian Federation is still ongoing. Assistance in this direction is provided by Poland. In particular, the Ministry of Ecology of Poland promised to provide a modern mobile laboratory that will help record and show environmental damage in real time. Poland also donated 12 vehicles for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and forestry workers.

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