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Last year, at the end of February, the Russian army almost completely destroyed the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, causing millions of dollars in financial damage.. Local residents and station workers said that the Russians dragged, stole, robbed, smashed and destroyed everything. Climbed into the smallest cracks. But the Ukrainian flag on the communication tower managed to survive the occupation - its Russian soldiers did not dare to take it down.

" And on these system units, special calculation programs were installed. If radioactive solutions are diluted, I don’t know if they broke them or drank them, but I tell you, it’s terrible,” comments Sergey Kireev, General Director of the Ecocenter SSE.

But the most important thing is that the radiation background during the occupation, fortunately, has not changed - it is at the same level as before the war.

Konstantin Grubich also showed what the invaders did to the Red Forest - trenches and dugouts were dug everywhere. And Pripyat itself, without stalkers and tourists, was significantly cluttered.

All services of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are operating normally. Since the beginning of April, shift workers have returned here and are gradually restoring broken equipment with the help of the state and international colleagues.. Almost all the equipment was stolen here, and what was not stolen was spoiled. Many cars were smashed - some were driven by tanks.

Before the start of a full-scale military invasion, many tourists came to Chernobyl. Tourist maps were made, according to which visitors to the nuclear power plant could move. Today, unfortunately, this is not possible.. The Russian army could mine a lot of the surrounding territory, so now it is life-threatening.

Demining has already begun, but not everywhere.

Until February 24, 2022, the slogan of this world-famous territory around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was " With their barbaric invasion, the Russian invaders crossed out the path to revival, says Konstantin Grubich. But even now, without waiting for the victory of Ukraine, restoration work is underway here and life is getting better.. We believe that thanks to our wonderful people everything will return and even become even better than it was.