Workers and government officials visited the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and laid flowers to mark the 37th anniversary of the nuclear disaster
Zelenskiy says accident left a scar on the worldSLAVUTYCH, Ukraine, April 26 - Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Wednesday by urging the world not to bow to Russian "blackmail" over nuclear facilities it has seized during its invasion.
Former workers at what was then known as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant began commemorative events, holding an overnight vigil in the northern town of Slavuytch to remember victims of the world's worst nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. An explosion at the plant in what was then Soviet Ukraine sent radioactive material across Europe. About 30 plant workers and firemen died in the immediate aftermath and many more people died later from radiation-related illnesses.
"Thirty-seven years ago, the Chornobyl NPP accident left a huge scar on the whole world," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of exploiting safety concerns raised by its occupation of Ukrainian nuclear plants to try to blackmail Kyiv and its allies into meeting Russian demands over its invasion. Russia denies the accusations.Staff of the Chornobyl nuclear plant hold candles at a memorial dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, during a night commemorative service, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Slavutych, Ukraine April 26, 2023.
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