Ukraine Says Photos Show Russia Dug Trenches in Chernobyl's Radioactive Soil

[Crunchy Frog]

https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-exclusive-ukraine-says-photos-show-russia-dug-trenches-in-chernobyl-s-radioactive-soil/6518700.html

WASHINGTON — 

A Ukrainian official has provided VOA with exclusive photos of the aftermath of Russia’s five-week occupation of Ukraine’s decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power plant, showing what he says are Russian trenches dug into radioactive soil near a 1986 nuclear accident at the site.

There have been reports of Russian soldiers being treated in Belarus for radiation sickness.

[Bev54]

1. As one Ukrainian noted on an expat site

"You can take the Russian soldier out of Chernobyl but you can't take Chernobyl out of the Russian soldier"

[yagotme]

6. Now THAT'S funny.

LOL

[Bev54]

8. I thought so too.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. Super orcs, or cancer orcs?

My money’s on cancer orcs.

[PortTack]

3. Mongrel dogs are smarter! Will their self inflicted radiation sickness teach them anything?

[tanyev]

4. I don't understand what they hoped to accomplish with these trenches.

[yagotme]

7. Trenches are defensive works.

Average Russian soldier probably has no knowledge of what Chernobyl is/was. When bullets and shrapnel fly, best place to be is underground (trench).

[tanyev]

9. Sorry, I wasn't very clear.

I do understand trenches in general, what I don’t understand is why they would dig trenches in a highly radioactive area. As you say, the soldiers may have had no idea. Maybe their commanders on the ground weren’t even aware. But somebody up the chain of command must have known. And even if you are a sociopath who doesn’t care about the welfare of your troops, you might want to consider how a decision that takes out all of your troops will affect your future as a commander.

[yagotme]

10. As a battalion commander, you're told to defend a certain area at all costs.

You send this order down the chain. The small unit commander is ordered to defend this certain spot, and Mother Russia is watching him. He has his troops dig in, not knowing he is killing his troops. The company commander may know the area is contaminated, but doesn't like/is afraid the commander will report him for something, so he doesn't care what happens to them. And so on back up the line. This is the way Russian hierarchy/intelligence works.

[Crunchy Frog]

5. Giving this a kick.