China News Service, February 21. According to Agence France-Presse's report on the 20th local time, the Ukrainian army is training in the restricted area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
File:Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
The report by Agence France-Presse described a military truck equipped with anti-aircraft guns driving in the restricted area, which is only 15 kilometers from the border between Ukraine and Belarus.
It is said that the Ukrainian army is conducting attack exercises locally, and many of the personnel involved in the training are not professional soldiers. They will join the Ukrainian army after the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis in 2022.
On April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded, and a large amount of highly radioactive substances leaked, causing the world's most serious nuclear leakage accident so far.
Nearly 8.4 million people were exposed to radiation, and about 350,000 people were forced to leave their heavily polluted homes.
After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian army briefly controlled the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
At the end of March, the Russian army handed over control of the nuclear power plant to the Ukrainian side and left the area.