Ukrainian National Guard, special forces and police were recently conducting combat training at the deserted town of Pripyat in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, shows a video from SkyNews.
Radiation emergency during a possible war has been a very controversial subject over the past few years. Various news outlets have brought up the issue of radioactive contamination’s fear. It has also been a topic that has been addressed by radio and television programs, such as CNN, BBC, and Fox News.
The White House says a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “imminent.” Security assistance to Ukraine is needed. If Russia attacks Ukraine, it could spark World War III.
Andrew E. Kramer (The New York Times) warns about the additional risks of radioactive contamination. According to the report, “Ukraine has initiated a defensive strategy for the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, one of the most radioactive places on Earth … The Ukrainian forces in the area, known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, would not be sufficient to rebuff an invasion, if one came.
Before last fall, the 700 miles of border between Ukraine and Belarus were almost unguarded, particularly in the irradiated areas. About 90 miles of the border separates the Ukrainian zone from a similarly isolated and irradiated area in Belarus, called the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve. That changed in November amid a migrant crisis in Belarus and a troop buildup in Russia. The two developments were ominous in combination. Moscow began massing troops in a way that suggested plans for an incursion into Ukraine via Belarus. Kyiv also feared that Belarus might create a provocation such as herding migrants towards the Ukrainian border – as Belarus did with Poland – and provide the spark for war.
Most of the time, soldiers on patrol face little risk from radiation. But longer-lived particles remain, creating invisible, lethally dangerous hot spots in the forest. Some emit levels of radiation thousands of times higher than normal. The soldiers have marked routes to avoid these places, which were mapped long ago by scientists.
Still, while patrolling in the zone, the soldiers must carry devices on a lanyard around their necks that continuously monitor exposure; under the protocols for patrolling in the zone, if a soldier stumbles into a highly irradiated patch, he is taken off duty to avoid further exposure.”
There have been many wars and conflicts that have taken place in the world. These conflicts have caused various problems for the countries involved and for the people who live in those countries.
One of the biggest conflicts that have happened in the world is the Cold War. This conflict lasted from 1946 until 1991. During this time, there was a lot of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Many people feared that this conflict could lead to a nuclear war. Because of this fear, the United States and the Soviet Union built many shelters in case an atomic bomb was dropped on them.
There are many different types of radiation that you can encounter in your everyday life. Nuclear power stations are risky despite being designed to withstand a number of natural disasters like earthquakes and floods. However, not all were designed to withstand terrorists, military and cyber attacks. The destroyed reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is still leaking radiation into the environment. Would you open Pandora’s box once again?