Darwin Awards

Russian soldiers invading Ukraine spent weeks in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, digging trenches and bunkers in one of the most toxic places on earth, seemingly without concern for their own safety.

 

Russian Checkpoint - Exclusion Zone   Photo New York Times

 

As reported in the New York Times - as the staging ground for an assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, one of the most toxic places on earth, was probably not the best choice. But that did not seem to bother the Russian generals who took over the site in the early stages of the war.  The Russian war criminals dug it up anyway.

“We told them not to do it, that it was dangerous, but they ignored us,” Valeriy Simyonov, the chief safety engineer for the Chernobyl nuclear site, said in an interview.

Apparently undeterred by safety concerns, the Russian forces tramped about the grounds with bulldozers and tanks, digging trenches and bunkers — and exposing themselves to potentially harmful doses of radiation lingering beneath the surface.

As the assault on Kyiv collapsed and the Russians fled their toxic accommodations in retreat the imbeciles looted and sacked the place for radiated souvenirs. 

These goobers are angling for first place in the 2022 Darwin Awards.

 

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