Reuters
Ukrainian couples evacuated from Chernobyl in the 1980s are now involved in the war
A Ukrainian couple in their 60s, Harina and Valerie, evacuated from their home near the Chernobyl plant, where they worked as engineers when the reactor exploded in 1986, causing the world’s worst nuclear accident. They are now trapped as Russian troops bombard towns and bridges around their homes near Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, raising concerns about the safety of nuclear sites seized by advancing troops in the west. increase. “It’s mostly mushrooms, homemade jams, pickles,” Valerie said during a tour of the makeshift bomb shelter he shot on his phone.