Ukraine troops hold target practice in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
By DW
04 August 2019 |
2:47 pm
In the course of filming in Pripyat, DW reporters learned that the Ukrainian national guard holds target practice in the radioactively contaminated city. Why there, and how dangerous is it?
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