The Chernobyl Zone: Consequences of the Russian Occupation

The Russians also managed to plunder local laboratories and destroy some of the equipment. The losses from the actions of the invaders in the laboratory are still being calculated.

In the high-tech nuclear laboratories of Chernobyl, the Russians plundered the security systems, writes The Washington Post .

698 computers. 344 vehicles. 1500 radiation dosimeters. Essential software. Almost all fire extinguishers.

And this is only part of the loss. The list of what the Russian occupying forces stole, blew up or shot through in and around the Chernobyl laboratories is still being compiled.

I can’t say that they caused damage to humanity, but certainly great economic damage to Ukraine,” Mykola Bespaly, director of the site’s Central Analytical Laboratory, sitting in an audience defaced with Russian graffiti.

Some of the stolen equipment was equipped with GPS trackers. Some are still transmitting location data.

We see that part of it is located on the territory of Belarus, along the border. And some of them move through the territory of Belarus - Gomel, Minsk, and other places, - he said.