Honestly the show is beautiful and engaging but a lot of it is pure propaganda. The Chernobyl accident itself killed less than 200 people. There was no dead baby. 80% of the first responders lived through ARS and a lot of the cancer that developed wasnt particularly fatal.

If that's still too many dead for you, know that even the show's premise of "this could only happen in Soviet Russia" is really weak compared to the death tolls and environmental damage racked up by American Airlines and BP.

The show's clear intent is to deride socialism in an age where the young have become disillusioned by capitalism. After all, what other relevance could a show about the perils of communism have in a post-Soviet world?

Also falls real hard on the pathetic trope of showing you who the bad guys are by making a bunch of Soviet soldiers kill a whole lot of dogs. Just in case the audience was still leaning sympathizer I guess??