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Russian forces broke into monitoring and control stations. electricity was cut off for a few days — a major threat. translation: we store nuclear waste. if we'd lost power, it would have been catastrophic. radioactive material could have been released. i wasn't really worried for my life, i was scared of what would happen if i wasn't here. it's not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contamination known as the red forest. and drone video has now come out which officials here have seen and ...

They went to the red forest and brought the radiation here on their shoes, this national guardsman says, everything else is normal only this floor is radioactive. i asked everywhere else is okay but this is not normal? yes, he says the radiation is here because they went everywhere. on their shoes i ask? yes, and they took the radiation with them. let's get out of here, i say. the red soil is one of the most contaminated in the world. especially the soil. they are apparently showing that the russians dug combat operations there. the operator of ukraine's nuclear plant says those russian soldie...

The Russian soldiers' disregard for safety may have exposed them to potentially harmful doses of radiation

It's not possible for us to go any further because it could be risky but, if you walk down here, in that direction is an area of very high levels of contamination known as the red forest. and drone video has now come out which officials here have seen and they've confirmed to us the russian soldiers not only built trenches there, but they appear to have stayed there as well. this is evidence of how little they knew about nuclear safety. the soldiers were exposed to significant doses of radiation, ukraine says. below the plant is a basement, where 170 members of the national guard securing chor...

Chernobyl staff were forced to steal fuel off Russian forces to prevent 'catastrophic' consequences as Ukrainian officials claim the Kremlin's soldiers looted the plant.