{"id":1415337,"date":"2022-04-01T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T20:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415337"},"modified":"2022-04-01T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T20:30:25","slug":"russian-forces-abandon-chernobyl-after-radiation-exposure-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-forces-abandon-chernobyl-after-radiation-exposure-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Forces Abandon Chernobyl After Radiation Exposure: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-forces-abandon-chernobyl-after-radiation-exposure-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Chernobyl-Nuclear-Power-Plant.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Russian forces have left the Chernobyl nuclear plant and turned the site back over to Ukraine, the Ukrainian government said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces abandoned the inactive nuclear plant, the site of the most fatal nuclear meltdown in history, after stirring up radioactive dust in the plant\u2019s exclusion zone, workers at the plant said. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense attributed the Russian exodus to battlefield defeats to the Ukraine military, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[R]ussian occupiers left Chornobyl nuclear power plant. Two key reasons: losses caused by [Ukraine] army and radiation exposure. [R]ussian mutants lost this round of @stalker_thegame,\u201d the ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceU\/status\/1509832023845789700\">tweeted<\/a> Friday, referencing the video game franchise STALKER that takes place in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[R]ussian occupiers looted Chornobyl nuclear power plant before retreating. They could not conquer [Ukraine], so they took kettles, lab equipment, and radiation. This only applies to those who survived, though,\u201d the ministry added.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces left Chernobyl after driving through and digging ditches in Chernobyl\u2019s exclusion zone, stirring up radioactive dust left over from the plant\u2019s 1986 meltdown, plant employees told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/unprotected-russian-soldiers-disturbed-radioactive-dust-chernobyls-red-forest-2022-03-28\/\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big convoy of military vehicles drove along a road right behind our facility and this road goes past the Red Forest,\u201d one employee said, referencing a forest area near the plant named because of the red color its trees took on due to radiation exposure after the meltdown. \u201cThe convoy kicked up a big column of dust. Many radiation safety sensors showed exceeded levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Russian forces left Chernobyl, they took prisoner Ukrainian national guardsmen who were stationed there when Russian forces originally took control of the dormant plant on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian withdrawal comes after the Kremlin announced it would begin drawing down troops in the areas surrounding Kyiv, Ukraine\u2019s capital. Kremlin officials said that the pullback is a show of good faith as negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine toward an ending of the war that began after Russia invaded its neighbor in late February.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pentagon-skeptical-of-russias-claim-of-radically-reducing-troops-near-kyiv\">contested<\/a> the Kremlin\u2019s claims, saying that the Russian military is using the withdrawal as cover to resupply and reorganize its military that has so far failed to topple Ukraine\u2019s government or take Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of reporting today on withdraws and, you know Russian decisions, and I think it\u2019s really important that we put a little bit of into context,\u201d Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby said during a Tuesday press conference. \u201cNobody should be fooling ourselves, by the Kremlin\u2019s now-recent claim that it will suddenly just reduce military attacks near Kyiv, or any reports that it\u2019s going to withdraw all its forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all should be prepared to watch for a major offensive against other areas of Ukraine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rapid advance to Kyiv in the initial days of the war showed very clearly for all of us that Kyiv and the capital city was a key objective for the Russians,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cRussia has failed in its objective of capturing Kyiv, it\u2019s failed in its objective of subjugating Ukraine, but they can still inflict massive brutality on the country, including in Kyiv.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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