Confinement Dome News Today

Cnns fred pleitgen is there. >> reporter: simply getting to the chernobyl exclusion zone is a treacherous journey. many streets and bridges destroyed, we had to go off road, crossing rivers on pontoon bridges. finally, we reached the confinement dome of the power plant that blew up in 1986, the worst nuclear accident ever. russian troops invaded this area on the very first day of their war against ukraine and took chernobyl without much of a fight. now that the russians have left, ukraines inter...

Destroyed, we had to go off-road, crossing rivers on pontoon bridges. finally, we reached the confinement dome of the power plant that wblew up in 1986, th worst nuclear accident ever. russian troops invaded this area on the very first day of their war against ukraine and took chernobyl without much of a fight. now that the russians have left, ukraines interior minister took us to chernobyl and what we found was troubling. the russians imprisoned the security staff inside the plants own bomb she...

But also their own soldiers were subjected to extremely high levels of radiation and they dug themselves in in some of the most contaminated areas in the entire world. it certainly seemed like something that was really, really a bad sight to see. heres what we witnessed. simply getting to the chernobyl exclusion zone is a treacherous journey. many streets and bridges destroyed, we had to go off road, crossing rivers on pontoon bridges. finally, we reached the confinement dome of the power plant ...

Safety. there are credible fears many of the russian soldiers may have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation, possibly without knowing it. cnns fred pleitgen traveled there for this exclusive report. >> reporter: simply getting to the chernobyl exclusion zone is a treacherous journey. many streets and bridges destroyed. we had to go off road, crossing rivers on pontoon bridges. finally, we reach the confinement dome of the power plant that blew up in 1986. the worst nuclear accident ever...

That. now i want to turn to the situation at the chernobyl nuclear power plant. cnn was given exclusive access to the plant for the first time since it came back into ukrainian control. and what we found is really concerning. heres cnns frederick pleitgen with more. hi there, don. you know, the ukrainians from the beginning when the russians took over the chernobyl nuclear power plant, they said they were absolutely concerned about what those forces were doing there. when we got there there ...

Need to back off. everybody has been striking their individual deals with russia. those need to be looked at very, very closely and terminated. >> fascinating. all right. retired major general spider marks, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you, fred. russian troops have now left the area around the chernobyl nuclear plant. cnn was given exclusive access to the plant for the first time since it came back into ukrainian control, and what has been found is very concerning. here...

And if youre pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. tonight, a cnn exclusive. an inside look at ukraines red forest. so called because its one of the most radioactive contaminated places on earth. russian troops went in there, they plowed through and seized control of the chernobyl nuclear power plant. despite it being completely off limits, dangerous in the exclusion zone. potentially exposing themselves to significantly high levels of radiation. fred pleitgen is "outfront." >>...