Nuclear warzone: Ukraine deploys troops to Chernobyl as Russian invasion date named.

UKRAINIAN military forces have been deployed to a Chernobyl ghost town amid fears that Vladimir Putin will use the deserted nuclear site for a surprise invasion and shortcut to Ukraine's capital. UKRAINIAN military forces have been deployed to a Chernobyl ghost town amid fears that Vladimir Putin will use the deserted nuclear site for a surprise invasion and shortcut to Ukraine's capital. Alina Frolova, from the Centre for Defence Strategies, told the BBC that the 20th February could be the date of Russia's invasion. She said: "It is the last day of the Olympic Games and the last day of the exercises in Belarus. "On that day they will be ready and they will have maximum forces on the borders. The land will be frozen as well." Prior to Ukraine's deployment to Chernobyl, a special radiation control unit made checks on radioactivity to ensure the area was safe.