Side note, the Chernobyl disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster happened in 1986, roughly

Side note, the Chernobyl disaster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster happened in 1986, roughly 35 years ago, if it is not taught in schools in Russia (or talked about much), soldiers (and young people in general) may well have no knowledge of it, nor of the risks connected to the "Red Forest" outside specific (if any) directives from the military command.