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Russian forces suffer radiation sickness after digging trenches and fishing in Chernobyl
Yahoo News (c/o, Independent) ^ | Sun, April 30, 2023 | Emily Atkinson

Posted on 04/30/2023 10:55:17 AM PDT by Brellium

Emily Atkinson Sun, April 30, 2023 at 5:43 a.m. MST·2 min read Russian troops who dug trenches in Chernobyl forest during their occupation of the area have been struck down with radiation sickness, authorities have confirmed.

Ukrainians living near the nuclear power station that exploded 37 years ago, and choked the surrounding area in radioactive contaminants, warned the Russians when they arrived against setting up camp in the forest.

But the occupiers who, as one resident put it to The Times, “understood the risks” but were “just thick”, installed themselves in the forest, reportedly carved out trenches, fished in the reactor’s cooling channel – flush with catfish – and shot animals, leaving them dead on the roads.

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Da! Is good idea comrade!
21 posted on 04/30/2023 2:05:16 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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OK, who has the “Brilliant!” guy meme?


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