Russian troops left “in two columns towards the border” between Ukraine and Belarus, the agency said.
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They had taken control of it on the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, on February 24. Russian forces have begun to withdraw from the Chernobyl nuclear site, the Ukrainian nuclear agency announced on Thursday (March 31). The troops are gone “in two columns towards the border” between Ukraine and Belarus, Energoatom clarified on Telegram, adding that there was only one “small number” of Russian soldiers on the spot.
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“There is also evidence that a column of Russian soldiers besieging the town of Slavutitch [où réside le personnel de la centrale] is currently forming to head to Belarus”adds the press release of the Ukrainian nuclear agency.
Other proof, according to Energoatom, is the photo of a document entitled “Act of transfer of the protection of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant”. In a message on Telegram (in Ukrainian)the agency ensures that the latter was signed on March 31 by a Russian general and that it formalizes the departure of Russian troops.