Back Slag van Tsjornobil Afrikaans معركة تشيرنوبل Arabic Çernobıl döyüşü Azerbaijani Баі за Чарнобыль Byelorussian Битка за Чернобил Bulgarian Batalla de Txernòbil Catalan Bitva o Černobyl Czech Captura de Chernóbil Spanish Tšornobõli vallutamine Estonian Txernobylgo gudua Basque
| Capture of Chernobyl | |||||||||
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| Part of the Kyiv offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||
.png) A map of Russian-occupied territory in northern Ukraine following the engagement | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russia |
 Ukraine | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Several injured and 1 dead due to acute radiation syndrome[1] | 169 captured[2] | ||||||||
| 300 civilians captured | |||||||||
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured[3] on 24 February 2022, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces,[4] who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.[5][6][7] 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power plant since its capture.[8] On 31 March, it was reported that most of the Russian troops occupying the area had withdrawn, as the Russian military abandoned the Kyiv offensive to focus on operations in Eastern Ukraine.
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- ^ Cotovio, Vasco; Pleitgen, Frederik; Blunt, Byron; Markina, Daria (9 April 2022). "Ukrainians shocked by 'crazy' scene at Chernobyl after Russian pullout reveals radioactive contamination". CNN. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ Mohling, Judith (11 March 2022). "Peace Train: It's time to bid nuclear power plants goodbye". Colorado Daily. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces -Ukrainian official". Reuters. 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ Coakley, Amanda (24 February 2022). "Lukashenko Is Letting Putin Use Belarus to Attack Ukraine". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ "Chernobyl nuclear plant targeted as Russia invades Ukraine". Al Jazeera. 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "Russian forces seize Chernobyl nuclear power plant". BBC News. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ^ Tobias, Ben (7 March 2022). "Ukraine war: Chernobyl workers' 12-day ordeal under Russian guard". BBC News. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.