naturalplastic wrote:
The Chernoble site is on the route between the Russian border, and the prime objective of the Russian invading army: the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev.
Belarussian border; otherwise, yes. It's just North of Kyiv.
It's also a place where they could be certain Ukrainians wouldn't be shelling their positions.
Downsides? Swampy and radioactive.
It was relatively safe - a lot of effort has been put into securing the area after the disaster - until Russians started to dig there. That was unbelievably stupid.
A comment I found on reddit:
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Let's not confuse being normal with being mentally healthy.
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