"Before that, two meals - at noon and midnight. Staff walked around the station searching for remaining candies and biscuits in offices and lockers," Natalia said. She said the Russian soldiers who seized the station didn't have supplies, so they went to the nearby villages, asking for food. The soldiers are treating the staff "with respect" and have not mistreated anyone, she said, but conditions are difficult because of the cold. "In this situation, you can't sleep much because they have to keep track of everything that happens." "My relative sleeps on the table, dressed in several layers of sweatshirts," Natalia said. The Chernobyl power plant’s management painted a more reassuring picture of the situation in a public statement posted to its Facebook page on Tuesday, saying that there was no shortage of food inside the facility and everyone was still healthy. "Under 'no-rotation' conditions, the ChNPP staff has been demonstrating high spirit and solidarity with each other, as well as huge responsibility for their duties. The plant's systems operate without any faults. The stock of food is currently enough," says the statement. The Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate, however, said in its letter to VOA that the Russian soldiers do not comply with the "sanitary regime" involving standard precautions to protect against the escape of radioactive materials. This "will inevitably lead to the spread of radiation pollution from areas with higher levels of pollution to less contaminated areas and premises," it said.
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