REPORT – Anti-aircraft defense units are charged with protecting the sky above the site. In February 2025, the impact of a drone on the sarcophagus of the plant revived the horrible memory of the nuclear accident.
Gamin, Evgueni had always dreamed of coming to Chernobyl. Sitting for long hours at the mobile machine gun control station, the soldier sometimes has time to think about it, scanning the sky with the barrel of his machine gun pointing towards the Belarusian border. Behind him, behind a piece of forest, stands the immense dome of the nuclear plant’s sarcophagus. Under this arch, 400,000 m³ of radioactive waste. “Our role is to intercept the drones before they fly over the plant,” explains Evgueni. “We have radars, but most of it is done with eyes and ears.” A highly sensitive mission entrusted to the special forces of the national guard. Renowned for their infiltration missions in the East, their unit, Omega, has been protecting the skies of Chernobyl since 2024.
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