Russian soldier dies from radiation poisoning in Chernobyl | The Telegraph

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Russian soldier dies from radiation poisoning in Chernobyl 

Serviceman was part of a unit camped in the toxic nearby Red Forest, clueless about what they were being exposed to

Radiation from the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine has reportedly killed one Russian soldier after his unit camped in a toxic area known as the Red Forest.

Russian servicemen stand guard in front of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A soldier camping in a toxic forest nearby has reportedly been killed by radiation poisoningRussian servicemen stand guard in front of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A soldier camping in a toxic forest nearby has reportedly been killed by radiation poisoning 

The soldier was part of a team that captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 65 miles north of Kyiv, in the first days of the war.

They then occupied the 20-mile exclusion zone around the plant, where people are banned from living, dug trenches into radioactive mud and drove their trucks along dirt roads, kicking up radioactive dust... >>>

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