Don’t Breathe Deeply

Don’t Breathe Deeply: Next spring, Chornobyl exclusion zone will open its first bicycle path, the government portal announces. Following old roads, this 45 km route will run from Zeleny Cape checkpoint through the villages of Kupovatoe, Opachichi, Otashiv and Plyutovishche. “We hope that the cycling route will allow visitors to the exclusion zone to see the unique world of the Chornobyl reserve,” said Maksym Shevchuk, deputy director of the Exclusion Zone Management Agency. In addition, the agency and tour operators have worked out a 30 km route to be conducted in a Sherp, a Ukrainian-made all-terrain amphibious vehicle.