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Ukrainian officials and workers said that Russian troops looted facilities, trashed equipment, and left behind landmines in Chernobyl, Ukraine, before retreating from the radioactive area on March 31. Video released by Ukrainian Witness on April 8 shows damaged vehicles and facilities in Chernobyl town, as well as warnings of mines spraypainted on walls and vehicles in the area, Ukrainian Witness said. Ukrainian Witness interviewed Maxim Shevchuk, the Deputy Chairman of the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM), who said a coordination center with computers, servers, and other office equipment was “plundered” and the building damaged. SAUEZM said on March 22 that Russian forces had “seized” a lab in Chernobyl containing radioactive samples. On April 9 the agency reported an analytical laboratory was destroyed, a storage unit breached, and dangerous radioactive samples, waste, and materials were missing, warning of radiation poisoning and characterizing the situation as “nuclear terrorism” but also said the troops were “new nominees for the Darwin Award.” Credit: Ukrainian Witness via Storyful
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