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Chernobyl 24.02.22 occupation #271370167
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The capture of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is one of the first episodes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine from the territory of Belarus through the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and by the end of the day, without fighting, captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and took control of the territory of the cities of Pripyat and Chernobyl[?].The capture of the station became a passing target during the movement of the bulk of the troops in the direction of Kyiv. Several hundred employees and captured National Guardsmen were blocked at the station. Russia held control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant from February 24 to March 31. The military left the territory of the station when the Russian military and political leadership, due to failures in the Kiev direction, decided to change their strategy and transfer troops to the Donbass