Shadow of the Reactor GA Tour leg 5

Leg 5 — UKKM → UKEE

Gostomel → Chernihiv (Ukraine)

Continuing north, the land begins to feel emptier, quieter.

The Expanding Zone

The Exclusion Zone would eventually stretch roughly 30 kilometers from the reactor—but radiation did not respect borders.

Villages beyond the official boundary were affected. Some evacuated, some not.

Chernihiv stood outside the worst contamination—but close enough to feel the fear spreading.

From the sky, forests stretch endlessly.

Yet many of these trees absorbed radiation… becoming part of what would later be called the “Red Forest.”