Capture of Chernobyl | |||||||||
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Part of the Kyiv offensive of the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||
A map of Russian-occupied territory in northern Ukraine following the engagement | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Russia | Ukraine | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Russian Armed Forces National Guard of Russia PMC Redut[1] |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Several injured and 1 dead due to acute radiation syndrome[3] | 169 captured[4] | ||||||||
300 civilians captured |
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured[5] on 24 February, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces,[6] who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.[7][8][9] On 7 March, it was reported that around 300 people (100 workers and 200 security guards for the plant) were trapped and had been unable to leave the power plant since its capture.[10] On 31 March, it was reported that most of the Russian troops occupying the area had withdrawn, as the Russian military abandoned the Kyiv offensive to focus on operations in Eastern Ukraine.
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