Russian forces who occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power plant took radioactive “souvenirs” with them before evacuating the area, according to Ukraine’s state nuclear company.

Russian troops pulled out of Chernobyl on April 1, five weeks after seizing it, but not before they reportedly engaged in several types of reckless behavior around the facility’s toxic Red Forest area.

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