![]() On 16 February 2022, satellite imagery showed Russian troops building pontoon bridges over rivers on the Belarusian side of the exclusion zone, the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve. The exclusion zone is located right on the border with Belarus, a Russian ally which allowed a military buildup in their territory. Ĭhernobyl is 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Kyiv and the regional road PO2 connecting Chernobyl and Kyiv is in relatively good condition, thus creating a direct strategic corridor to Kyiv, which Russian forces could exploit to capture the capital. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, this area became part of newly independent Ukraine : p.4–5 : p.49f.3 and was managed by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. : 27 This area was formalised as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone its boundaries have changed over time. ![]() The area in a 30 kilometres (19 mi) radius surrounding the exploded reactor was evacuated and sealed off by Soviet authorities. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 released large quantities of radioactive material from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant into the surrounding environment. On 31 March, it was reported that most of the Russian troops occupying the area had withdrawn, as the Russian military abandoned the Kyiv offensive to focus on operations in Eastern Ukraine.īackground A security checkpoint in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 2010 ![]() On 7 March, it was reported that around 300 people (100 workers and 200 security guards for the plant) were trapped and had been unable to leave the power plant since its capture.
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