All the occupiers in the Exclusion Zone received large doses of radiation, and their military equipment was also contaminated. This was stated by Minister of Energy German Galushchenko following a visit to the Exclusion Zone and the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

"The ignorance of russian soldiers is as off-scale as the dosimeters we used to check the radiation background at the location of the invaders. They dug with their hands the soil contaminated with radiation, collected radioactive sand in bags for fortifications, breathed in this dust. After a month of such exposure, they have a maximum of one year of life. More precisely, not life, but slow death from diseases", the Minister emphasized.

He said that the russian military had looted the station, administrative premises, taken away everything from utensils to spare parts and appliances.

"Not only the entire personnel of the occupiers and "trophies" were contaminated, but also all the military equipment that passed through Chornobyl - about 10,000 units. Every russian soldier will bring a piece of Chornobyl home. No matter alive or dead," German Galushchenko stressed.

He also noted that the metal is well exposed to radiation and transmits it. This threatens radioactive contamination to anyone who comes into contact with property or equipment from the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

"russians bring death to everyone around: Ukrainians are being killed by bombs, while their close people will suffer from radiation from the Chornobyl nuclear power plant," the Minister said.

During the visit, German Galushchenko also met and talked with Chornobyl NPP staff.

"I thanked these brave men and women for their endurance and patience. They really are heroes! We will soon restore everything that was destroyed, we will establish rotation of shifts now and return the work on maintenance of the station to normal," German Galushchenko summed up.