Russia takes control of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant | USA TODAY

Russian military troops seize control of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant as the invasion deepens
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Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, enemy troops took control over Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

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55 comments

  1. The content of this video has nothing to do with the title! A shameless click bait! Did not expect this from USA Today.

    1. Hey, did they change the title of the video because of you? It looks like they changed the title of the video, because it’s no longer Clickbait.

  2. Que Dios padre ponga sus manos y bendiciones para todos los que han quedado en ese lugares 🙏 que sean protejidos.

    1. True,but a meltdown hitting ground water would cause contamination rendering local drinking water and the rivers that flow into the seas to contaminate most of the sea life.

    2. @cpu554 A nuclear meltdown is a terrible thing and I didn’t mean to minimize any of the catastrophic effects of a meltdown. At the same time, I’m reminded of a quote by Adlai Ewing Stevenson – Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897: “Accuracy is to a newspaper as virtue is to a woman – but the newspaper can always print a retraction.”

  3. Kharkiv is firmly in the Ukrainian army control. Earlier Russian vehicles entered the city, but they were destroyed and repelled.

    1. @solidice How do you know it’s not? Or do you just go around commenting on “MSM” media while you watch more conspiracy videos & pro trump “news” sources while you yell at mom to make you a sandwich from her basement?

    2. @Joe NYR
      Ukrainians are joining Russian soldiers??? Lol said who? Not seen one video online of Ukrainians welcoming Russians as liberators. But good job, you earned 1 social credit.

    3. @B. Fett Gun Shorts
      Lol the video of the Ukrainian farmer hauling away a Russian MTLB with a tractor is demoralizing enough for Russian troops… ROFL! That farmer now has the mote up-armored plow in his area.

    4. Lmao. I bet you still believe in the debunked ghost of Kiev, sunflower seeds lady, and 3k Russians dead. Ukraine is winning the propaganda war, while Russia is winning the actual war 😂

    5. @Lukas M Well there’s a lot of projection in your comment! 🤣🤡
      Trump has been right on nearly every “conspiracy theory” he’s given. From covid coming from China, to Hillary Clinton spying on his campaign to telling you clowns Ukraine would be invaded by Russia. Yet you still don’t get it. CNN can’t get 500k views now and Democrats have lost 15 points in party affiliation. You’re going feel really stupid when you grow up. 🤣

  4. Our hearts bleed for the brave nation of 🇺🇦. The world stands in solidarity and support of these heroes, President Zelensky and the people of Ukraine🙏 History will never forgive or forget Russia/Putin for their misdeeds.

    1. !!!!!!!!!!UKRAINE ON FIRE-OLIVER STONE bocumentary (2016) LOOK IT’s TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    2. @Robert Lyons .
      With the help of the West and America, in 2014, a coup d’etat took place in Ukraine, Nazi elements came to power, and after that, for 8 years, they destroyed the eastern part of Ukraine, their Ukrainians, because they did not want to submit to the fascist regime and proteges of the West. For 8 years, Kyiv destroyed cities, killed children, old people and women. But for some reason, the West was not indignant that Ukraine was killing civilians there, everyone was silent. And the other day, Russia recognized them as independent states, and after that the Ukrainian authorities began to shell them even more. And Ukraine has also said that it will create its own dirty atomic bomb against Russia, and it can explode in Moscow. And that is why Moscow can no longer tolerate such rudeness and Russia is bringing its troops into Ukraine. The battles are going on all fronts, the Russians are advancing cautiously, without touching the civilian population. And before that, they completely destroyed the entire military infrastructure of Ukraine, headquarters, bases, warehouses, airfields and much more, with pinpoint strikes. All this was done with precision, namely with the latest means, Hummingbird cruise missiles and Iskander operational-tactical missiles, which no one else has analogues. They were used for the first time to destroy terrorists in Syria, from the Caspian Sea and from the Mediterranean Sea, inflicting direct strikes on objects, they worked out the other day, on Ukrainian headquarters and bases. Everything will be over soon. So that during this time the West does not anger them even more, they can, after Ukraine, then go to Europe and no NATO will interfere with them, no one will stop them, they will quickly destroy everything in their path. Europe is not close to them and not neighbors, they will move there very quickly, and quickly reach Ireland and Portugal. The United States can also suffer greatly from this, the angry bear is very scary and unpredictable. In my opinion, only Washington is to blame for this. Today Russia is very strong and very angry, and there is no need to make it even more evil. Russia is better not to anger, they themselves will calm down. The Russians will die, but they will also destroy everyone who gets in their way. They don’t know how to lose. For them, death is better than losing. And only the West will be to blame if a big war starts. Leave them alone, they will calm down themselves, they will not go further than Ukraine. Putin today put all of his strategic nuclear forces on alert, on the ground, above the ground, underwater, above the water and in space. This is already dangerous, scary, this is already without five minutes the third world war. The air already smells of gunpowder. Do you feel it? Look at the faces of your relatives and tell me if you want to see them for the last time, do you want the end of the world? No, of course, you want them to live long, but the West is angering Russia more and more and it is not known what can happen today. Do not touch the angry bear, something very terrible can happen. And only the West will be to blame for this. Then there will be no more guilty ones, because there will be no one else. Hell will come to earth. Take care of yourself, your family and friends. May you all be healthy and may we all live in peace. I hope that everything will be fine and politicians will not destroy us all. It all depends on us all what will happen tomorrow. While we are silent, the old politicians go crazy. I hope all be fine.

    3. Bleeding hearts are acknowledged but do little in discerning the whys of why Russia would resist a Ukraine allied with corrupt factions ie Soros and our corrupt administration read Obama, Biden. Corruption.

  5. Que tristeza 😢 guerras de poder, matando hermano a hermano, todos somos iguales , porqué las luchas de poder por el dinero maldito. 💰
    *Porque los que quieren enriquecerse caen en tentación y lazo, y en muchas codicias necias y dañosas, que hunden a los hombres en destrucción y perdición; porque raíz de todos los males es el amor al dinero, el cual codiciando algunos, se extraviaron de la fe, y fueron traspasados de muchos dolores.
    1 Timoteo 6:9-10

    1. looll fuk off freedom lol The Jewish people as a whole will be its own Messiah. It will attain world dominion by the dissolution of other races, by the abolition of frontiers, the annihilation of monarchy, and by the establishment of a world republic in which the Jews will everywhere exercise the privilege of citizenship. In this “new world order” the children of Israel will furnish all the leaders without encountering opposition. The Governments of the different peoples forming the world republic will fall without difficulty into the hands of the Jews. It will then be possible for the Jewish rulers to abolish private property, and everywhere to make use of the resources of the state. Thus will the promise of the Talmud be fulfilled, in which is said that when the Messianic time is come, the Jews will have all the property of the whole world in their hands.”-Baruch Levy, Letter to Karl Marx, `La Revue de Paris’, p. 574, June 1, 1928

  6. People are quick to offer prayers to someone they’re told to feel bad for. Why don’t you feel bad for Palestinian kids being tortured ? Millions of Iraqis dead ? Afghanis sent back to the stone age with Ussr and US bombings ? Somalia turned into a never ending warzone ? I guess those lives don’t matter

  7. In case of nuclear attack:
    1. Try not to be within two miles of any major city center, military base, or industrial complex.
    2. Seek shelter in a basement, subway/metro station, or in a ditch if nothing else is available.
    3. Avoid major roads, because panic will cause mass congestion. Only if you are near a nuclear target should you flee, on foot if necessary. You might have as little as five minutes after any warning, if there is one. If you are two or more miles from a nuclear target, don’t try to flee and seek shelter immediately. Don’t look at the flash from the bomb because it can blind you and the radiation can burn you or poison you. After the blast, wait a few hours until the immediate fallout has been blown away and to see if there is a secondary attack, then immediately leave the area, heading out as far as possible. Place a wet rag over your face to avoid breathing in irradiated dust. Stay far way from other nuclear targets.

    1. @Nathan E doesn’t matter, we still should know what to do regardless. Why are you pressed about someone sharing information? Go find a hobby bro

  8. You guys do know that Chernobyl has been deactivated for decades, right? It’s not even close to being operational.

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