A Russian soldier at Chernobyl picked up radioactive material with his bare hands, its staff are reported to have said.
Employees say troops, who seized the nuclear plant early in the war, spread radiation across the toxic site.
One soldier is reported to have died from radiation poisoning with pictures also showing Kremlin forces actually dug trenches in the Red Forest near the plant, a known location where radiation has settled since the 1986 disaster.
