When Russian troops dug trenches in the Chernobyl exclusion zone during the 2022 invasion hundreds of them developed acute radiation poisoning and radiation levels in the capital spiked. That was 36 years after the initial contamination.
Plants and animals in some areas of Europe, particularly specific mushrooms and deer, still have levels of radiation exposure from the event (since the radioactive particles travel in the food chain) that make them unsafe for consumption.
When Russian troops dug trenches in the Chernobyl exclusion zone during the 2022 invasion hundreds of them developed acute radiation poisoning and radiation levels in the capital spiked. That was 36 years after the initial contamination.
Plants and animals in some areas of Europe, particularly specific mushrooms and deer, still have levels of radiation exposure from the event (since the radioactive particles travel in the food chain) that make them unsafe for consumption.