‘People live here’: Neither nuclear disaster nor the Russian invasion has managed to destroy Chernobyl

AI BRIEFING

• ⬤ Residents of Chernobyl's exclusion zone continue to stay despite nuclear disaster and Russian occupation.
• ⬤ Some residents say they refuse to leave due to lack of access to basic services and fear of being resettled.
• ⬤ Despite danger, they've established a community with its own rules and economy within the abandoned city of Pripyat.