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Around 200 Chernobyl guards taken prisoner by Russian troops

2 April 2022, 06:58

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Fomichev said it was not yet clear if Russian troops had left the entire Chernobyl exclusion zone, or just the immediate area around the power plant.

The mayor of Slavutych, the town where most of Chernobyl’s workers live, said around 200 Ukrainian national guard members have likely been taken prisoner by the Russian troops as they withdrew from the nuclear power plant.

Read here Russian troops have withdrawn from Chernobyl

We consider them prisoners of war,
– Yuri Fomichev told the BBC.

He said the guards have been out of contact since Thursday, adding: "We are working on a prisoner swap".