Red Forest: Last News

Chernobyl.The troop had been camping in the Red Forest, which is located within the exclusion zone of the hazardous nuclear power plant in Ukraine.He was a member of the group of Russian soldiers which first captured the area towards the start of Putin's 'special military operation' in the nation, according to reports in The Telegraph.Earlier this week the Ukrainian defence ministry said that Russian forces had now left the area, with occupying forces now appearing to concentrate their efforts in the east of the nation.It comes after soldiers were said to have been spotted being shipped home from the Ukraine war zone with “acute radiation sickness” after digging trenches near the infamous Chernobyl nuclear power plant, it has been reported.Chernobyl staff reported seeing the Russians driving “a big convoy of military vehicles” through the deadly woodland, causing huge clouds of radioactive soil and dust to be kicked up into the air.The area — named for the pine trees that turned red after being exposed to highly radioactive waste – is considered so highly toxic that not even specially-trained Chernobyl workers are allowed to enter the zone.A 1,000 square-mile exclusion zone was set up around Chernobyl in 1986 after the worst nuclear disaster in human history.Around 49,000 people were evacuated from the area, primarily from the neighbouring town of Pripyat.

Ukraine have now left the plant with reports suggesting it was down to radiation concerns.Energoatom, who are state-owned and oversees Ukraine's nuclear power plants, announced today that troops have withdrawn from the plant.In a statement published on Telegram, they said: "It was confirmed that the occupiers, who seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone, marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with the Republic of Belarus."Energoatom said earlier that Russia had formally agreed to hand back the responsibility for protecting Chernobyl to Ukraine.

Russian soldiers are being shipped home from the Ukraine war zone with “acute radiation sickness” after digging trenches near the infamous Chernobyl nuclear power plant, it has been reported. Some of the young conscripts sent into Ukraine had reportedly never even heard of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.