<p>Russian forces who occupied the Chernobyl nuclear plant stole radioactive substances from research laboratories that could potentially kill them, Ukraine's State Agency for Managing the Exclusion Zone said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Moscow's forces seized the defunct power plant on the first day of their invasion of Ukraine on February 24. They occupied the highly radioactive zone for over a month, before retreating on March 31.</p>.<p>The agency said on Facebook that Russian soldiers pillaged two laboratories in the area.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-says-russian-propaganda-led-to-civilian-killings-1099439.html">Ukraine says Russian propaganda led to civilian killings</a></strong></p>.<p>It said the Russians entered a storage area of the Ecocentre research base and stole 133 highly radioactive substances.</p>.<p>"Even a small part of this activity is deadly if handled unprofessionally," the agency said.</p>.<p>Earlier this week Ukraine's energy minister German Gulashchenko said Russian soldiers exposed themselves to a "shocking" amount of nuclear radiation, saying some of them may have less than a year to live.</p>.<p>"They dug bare soil contaminated with radiation, collected radioactive sand in bags for fortification, breathed this dust," Gulashchenko said on Facebook on Friday after visiting the exclusion zone.</p>.<p>"After a month of such exposure, they have a maximum of one year of life. More precisely, not life but a slow death from diseases," the minister said.</p>.<p>"Every Russian soldier will bring a piece of Chernobyl home. Dead or alive."</p>.<p>He said Russian military equipment was also contaminated.</p>.<p>"The ignorance of Russian soldiers is shocking."</p>.<p>The Chernobyl power station was the site in 1986 of the world's worst nuclear disaster.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Russian forces who occupied the Chernobyl nuclear plant stole radioactive substances from research laboratories that could potentially kill them, Ukraine's State Agency for Managing the Exclusion Zone said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Moscow's forces seized the defunct power plant on the first day of their invasion of Ukraine on February 24. They occupied the highly radioactive zone for over a month, before retreating on March 31.</p>.<p>The agency said on Facebook that Russian soldiers pillaged two laboratories in the area.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/ukraine-says-russian-propaganda-led-to-civilian-killings-1099439.html">Ukraine says Russian propaganda led to civilian killings</a></strong></p>.<p>It said the Russians entered a storage area of the Ecocentre research base and stole 133 highly radioactive substances.</p>.<p>"Even a small part of this activity is deadly if handled unprofessionally," the agency said.</p>.<p>Earlier this week Ukraine's energy minister German Gulashchenko said Russian soldiers exposed themselves to a "shocking" amount of nuclear radiation, saying some of them may have less than a year to live.</p>.<p>"They dug bare soil contaminated with radiation, collected radioactive sand in bags for fortification, breathed this dust," Gulashchenko said on Facebook on Friday after visiting the exclusion zone.</p>.<p>"After a month of such exposure, they have a maximum of one year of life. More precisely, not life but a slow death from diseases," the minister said.</p>.<p>"Every Russian soldier will bring a piece of Chernobyl home. Dead or alive."</p>.<p>He said Russian military equipment was also contaminated.</p>.<p>"The ignorance of Russian soldiers is shocking."</p>.<p>The Chernobyl power station was the site in 1986 of the world's worst nuclear disaster.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>