Energoatom did not provide details on the status of the troops or how many were affected. However, he said the Russians had dug into the forest inside the exclusion zone around the now-closed plant, the site of the 1986 worst nuclear disaster in the world. The troops “panicked at the first sign of illness”, which “appeared very quickly” and began preparing to leave, Energoatom said. There were no immediate comments from the Kremlin. …
