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  • ikt@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlTurned red after finding out that
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    5 hours ago

    He said:

    They knew what they were doing

    The response involved more than 500,000 personnel and cost an estimated 18 billion rubles (about $85 billion in 2026).[2] It remains the most destructive nuclear disaster[3][4] and the most expensive disaster in history, with an estimated cost of US$700 billion.[5]

    The government did not publicly acknowledge the disaster until two days after the explosion, when elevated radiation levels were detected in Sweden.[8]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster

    Sounds like they knew what they were doing 🤣