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Russia withdraws from Chernobyl in Ukraine
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April 3, 2022
Original URL: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Russia_withdraws_from_Chernobyl_in_Ukraine



Thursday, Ukraine reported, and the IAEA confirmed Russian forces had
withdrawn from the disused Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the site of
the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986.

State-owned enterprise Energoatom, which operates Ukraine's nuclear
facilities, said Russian soldiers were radiated whilst digging trenches
in the Red Forest of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The IAEA said
retreating Russian forces moved towards Belarus, but did not confirm
radiation exposure. 

Russia seized control of Chernobyl in the initial stages of its invasion
of Ukraine which began on February 24. The last Russian troops were
reported to have left early Friday morning.

== Sources ==
* https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-united-states-nato-5863ad1d740cdd04ba42a25de0d31449
* https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/31/russians-hand-control-of-chernobyl-nuclear-plant-back-to-ukraine-iaea-says.html



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