Capture of Chernobyl
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured on 24 February, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day. On 7 March, it was reported that around 300 people (100 workers and 200 security guards for the plant) were trapped and had been unable to leave the power plant since its capture. On 31 March, it was reported that most of the Russian troops occupying the area had withdrawn, as the Russian military abandoned the Kyiv offensive to focus on operations in Eastern Ukraine.
| Capture of Chernobyl | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kyiv offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||
A map of Russian-occupied territory in northern Ukraine following the engagement | |||||||||
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| Russia | Ukraine | ||||||||
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Russian Armed Forces |
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| Several injured and 1 dead due to acute radiation syndrome | 169 captured | ||||||||
| 300 civilians captured | |||||||||
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