Capture of Chernobyl

When

24 Feb 2022

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.27° N, 30.22° E

Description

battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured on 24 February, the first day of the invasion, by the Russian Armed Forces, who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire area of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant by the end of that day.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Tchernobyl”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Al anochecer en Ucrania, luego de una escaramuza sobre suelo radiactivo, el ejército ruso tomó el control de la central nuclear de Chernóbil”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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