In April 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear disaster focused the whole world’s attention on Ukraine. Tens of thousands fled the area. A whole city was abandoned. And this incredible ghost city has been on the very frontline of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chernobyl: The New Evidence I, Channel 4 2022
A cache of secret files points the finger at Moscow and reveals the role of the Soviet KGB. The KGB files contain warnings that the atom plant was like a huge time bomb, but Soviet leaders ignored them. Chernobyl is still highly radioactive today. ibid.
Something had been hidden from Chernobyl’s workforce. A design flaw inside the reactor known only to a small group of scientists meant that Chernobyl was in reality a giant time bomb. ibid.
Their [KGB] agents were desperately concerned about safety at the nuclear plant. ibid.
Chernobyl was badly designed, badly built, badly operated. ibid.
Children were exposed to toxic fallout to pretend to the world all was well. Chernobyl: The New Evidence II
Moscow could be spared if the clouds could be made to release their rain before they reached the city. ibid.
‘A lot of the firefighters said they could taste metal: this was highly radioactive graphite that they were ingesting into their bodies.’ ibid.