A RUSSIAN soldier has died of radiation sickness from the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
He was part of the team that captured the site, 65 miles north of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, in the opening days of the war.
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A Russian soldier has died of radiation sickness from the Chernobyl nuclear siteCredit: EPA
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The Russian army seized control of the plant in the opening days of the warCredit: EPA
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Russian soldiers kicked up radioactive dirt in the toxic Red ForestCredit: Alamy
The soldier's unit had been camping in the toxic Red Forest, a highly radioactive area around the nuclear plant.
He is one of the dozens of Russian soldiers who are believed to have fallen ill from radiation sickness after Putin's army occupied the 20-mile exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl.
The zone remains so dangerous that people are banned from living there, more than 35 years after the deadly nuclear tragedy.
However, Russian troops drove their trucks along the dirt roads, kicking up radioactive dust, and dug trenches in the m&d in the Red Forest.
More at https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18141129/chernobyl-russian-soldier-dies-radiation-sickness-ukraine/
He was part of the team that captured the site, 65 miles north of Ukraine's capital Kyiv, in the opening days of the war.
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A Russian soldier has died of radiation sickness from the Chernobyl nuclear siteCredit: EPA
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The Russian army seized control of the plant in the opening days of the warCredit: EPA
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Russian soldiers kicked up radioactive dirt in the toxic Red ForestCredit: Alamy
The soldier's unit had been camping in the toxic Red Forest, a highly radioactive area around the nuclear plant.
He is one of the dozens of Russian soldiers who are believed to have fallen ill from radiation sickness after Putin's army occupied the 20-mile exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl.
The zone remains so dangerous that people are banned from living there, more than 35 years after the deadly nuclear tragedy.
However, Russian troops drove their trucks along the dirt roads, kicking up radioactive dust, and dug trenches in the m&d in the Red Forest.
More at https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18141129/chernobyl-russian-soldier-dies-radiation-sickness-ukraine/