Ukrainian authorities can not control the radioactivity in Chernobyl: “Russian soldiers will feel the effects of the radiation”

“The system for monitoring the level of radioactivity in the exclusion zone is still not working,” said Yevgen Kramarenko, head of the state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

“The servers that manage this information are gone,” he added during a video conference followed by AFP. “We can’t say if (the area) is completely safe.”

“Until the electricity is restored and the workers have permission from the armed forces to go to the radiation checkpoints, we can’t assess the damage they have done.”

Radiation effects

According to Kramarenko, Russian troops dug in several places in Chernobyl. “They buried heavy equipment and built trenches and even underground kitchens, tents and fortifications,” he said. “One of these fortifications is located near a temporary storage site for radioactive waste.”

The Russian military occupied the nuclear power plant on the first day of Moscow’s attack on Ukraine on February 24. The troops withdrew at the end of March, according to the Ukrainian authorities.

Kramarenko warned that Russian soldiers would feel the effects of the radiation “very soon”. “Some within a month, others within years.”

According to him, about 1,000 Russian soldiers were deployed in Chernobyl for several weeks, along with 50 armored vehicles.