After the Russian navy took management of the Chernobyl Nuclear Energy Plant in connection to the nation's "particular navy operation" in Ukraine, the employees held on the facility retaliated with a defiant gesture.

The Russian navy confiscated the employees' cellphones and compelled them to work for weeks at gunpoint by forbidding a shift change. In retaliation, the employees performed the Ukrainian nationwide anthem loudly each morning as a approach of defying the navy, stated Anatolii Nosovskyi, the director of the Institute for Security Issues of Nuclear Energy Vegetation (ISPNPP), Science reported. The Russians reportedly allowed contemporary employees into the ability final week.

At 9 a.m., the staff would stand with their palms pressed in opposition to their chest whereas Ukraine Has Not But Perished performed on the loudspeaker earlier than returning to work. The employees was pressured to work around-the-clock, spending almost 500 hours on the job website after Russian forces took management of the plant, The Wall Avenue Journal reported.

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Chernobyl Power Plant
Ukrainians performed the nationwide anthem on daily basis whereas they had been being held on the Chernobyl nuclear energy plant by the Russian navy. Above, the New Secure Confinement sarcophagus covers the destroyed reactor quantity 4 on the Chernobyl nuclear energy station on November 29, 2016, in Chernobyl, Ukraine.Brendan Hoffman/Getty Photos