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In. when russian forces came steaming into ukraine five weeks ago, tonight, one of the first things they did was seize the chernobyl nuclear plant. according to workers at the nuclear plant, those russian troops came rolling in right through the red force. two workers told reuters that they watched a convoy of russian military vehicles drive in on an abandoned road right through the red forest, kicking up a big column of radioactive dust and setting off multiple radiation safety sensors. the workers called the russian movement suicidal. thus the russian soldiers in held will likely cause inter...

Facility they were at, end quote. today, the russians handed chernobyl back to the ukrainians at the five weeks. ukrainian officials say two columns of russian forces left the plant and headed north to belarus. why have they pulled out? according to ukraine state power company that runs the chernobyl plant, at least some of the russian troops began suffering from radiation sickness after digging trenches in the contaminated red forest. once the others began, they packed up in fled. obviously, we have no way of confirming that account from ukrainian officials, but it would certainly fit with ev...

To dust kicked up by passing vehicles and may have received significant exposure when digging into what is known as the red forest nearby. again, this is all according to the assessment of the ukrainians. director of the international atomic energy agency said today he will head a mission there as soon as possible. i'm joined now by michiu kaku from university science center of new york, how likely is it that the russian soldiers were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation? >> well, these are unconfirmed reports from the ukrainian defense ministry and also ukrainian power company stating tha...

Largest city. but there's a lot of damage in kharkiv. and it is one of those areas where there is going to be a lot of continued fighting. and again, that area's also subject to artillery fire and to airstrikes as well. >> colonel, you know, you and i talked a loot t about that 40-m convoy headed to kyiv. it was fearsome. they were going to resupply troops, help to take kyiv before they were stalled out. that was in the early days of this war. now the pentagon is saying they never accomplished their mission. so what happened? >> well, that is going to be i think one of the greatest mysteries o...

>> well, radiation levels have returned to normal, in some parts of the 18-mile safety zone around the now closed reactor, there's still plenty offlimits. the radiation varies wildly. here it is elevated but not too high. but if i walk over here just a couple of feet and put this down, it jumps ten times. part of the reason is this moss concentrates radiation. >> 20 years after the nuclear catastrophe, chernobyl is still a forbidden land. now, that was 16 years ago. and it's still a forbidden land, particularly the red forest. it remains so radio active that not only highly trained workers ata...