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Amid tension at border, Ukraine sends soldiers to defend Chernobyl

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Amid tension at border, Ukraine sends soldiers to defend Chernobyl

According to the New York Times, Ukraine has sent its military to guard against any incursion into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone amid global concern over a possible Russian invasion. The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster is a potential entry point for Russia, the report said.

The quarantine zone in northern Ukraine is on the shortest route from Russia to the capital Kiev. Meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in 1986.

The site has ghost towns and fallow land decades after the nuclear disaster. According to the New York Times, Ukrainian troops are carrying weapons and equipment to detect radiation in the area.

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Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Shakhraichuk of the Ukrainian Border Guard told The New York Times: “It doesn’t matter if it’s contaminated or no one lives here.” He added, “This is our territory, our country, and we have to defend it. .”

Soldiers were required to wear a device around their necks to check radiation levels. Soldiers will be fired if they linger in areas of high radiation.

Colonel Shakhraichuk told The New York Times that no troops have been exposed to high doses so far.

Colonel Shahlechuk further stated that the troops deployed in Chernobyl would not be able to repel the invasion and that they had been sent there to detect warning signs.

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Given Russia’s aggressive tactics, the move to send troops to Chernobyl sparked an emotional response from those who fought to control the nuclear power plant fire in 1986.

Among them was Ukrainian firefighter Ivan Kovalchuk. “How is this possible? We solved the accident together. They are doing this to us now and I feel sorry for the Ukrainian people,” he told The New York Times.

Some workers in Chernobyl still live in rotation to maintain safety equipment. One such worker told The New York Times, “We don’t know what will kill us in the first place, whether it’s a virus, radiation, or war.”

Meanwhile, Russia has insisted it has no intention of invading Ukraine and has accused the West of heightening tensions in the region. However, the Kremlin has reiterated its demands that NATO allies should withdraw their troops and weapons from locations near former Soviet republics, such as Ukraine.

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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