“According to correspondents, the exclusion zone also reminds that the war is ongoing in Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
According to correspondents, the exclusion zone also reminds that the war is ongoing in Ukraine.
Journalists also recorded a well -known inspection wheel in the entertainment park in Pripyat / Photo Jake Epstein / Business InsiderIn Pripyat is dominated by silence, which even causes anxiety and at the same time peace. There is no movement or fuss on the streets and sidewalks. This is written by Business Insider journalists who visited the abandoned city and shared their impressions.
The publication reminded that Pripyat is just a few kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where the disaster occurred. However, during its development in Pripyat, which was founded in 1970, nearly 50,000 people lived. This city had everything you need – from a grocery store to a restaurant.
“But on April 26, 1986, one of the reactors of the station exploded at the Chernobyl NPP. As a result, the air over the Soviet Union and Europe was contaminated with radioactive substances. Pripyat was evacuated the next day after a deadly crash, which has taken the lives of the city.
Recently, BI journalists visited Pripyat, but it was not easy to get there. In order to arrive in the city, visitors must have permission to stay in the exclusion zone.
“A trip to Pripyat through its own city of Chernobyl and a nuclear power plant is a constant reminder that Ukraine is in a state of war. The Russian army initially occupied this territory in the early days of the invasion three years, but now it is again under the control of Ukraine. Everywhere soldiers, roadblocks, armor.
According to journalists, when they arrived in Pripyat, the former main road to the city was covered with pits, which was why it was difficult to get there.
“We walked the city, trying not to deviate too far from the path that the guide went. Looking at the city, we saw the emblems of the former Soviet Union on street lanterns and on the roofs of the houses. The city is silent – abandoned in every sense. There was no one, ” – they say in BI.
Chernobyl is the latest newsAs UNIAN wrote, in early March the Chernobyl NPP was completed the consequences of the impact of the Russian UAV. It is known that the invaders struck the night against February 14, 2025 on the territory of the Chernobyl NPP. According to experts, the Russians purposefully hit this object.
At the same time, experts explained why people can live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Chornobyl did not. According to them, the main difference between these cases is that the nuclear explosion may differ from the explosion of a nuclear reactor.
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