“The only way to avoid new disasters like Chernobyl is to regain control of the station”
On this day, April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear accident occurred in Ukraine – a large-scale disaster.
This nuclear accident, considered the worst in history, caused the contamination of vast areas, mainly in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, with devastating consequences for the rest of Europe as well
On today’s 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned today of the risk of a similar nuclear accident at the Zaporizhia plant in southern Ukraine, which Russian forces seized almost immediately after invading the country. .
“It has been 785 days since the Russian terrorists took the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant hostage,” Zelensky complained to Kh.
“It is up to the whole world to put pressure on Russia to release the Zaporizhia station and return it to the control of Ukraine,” he added, estimating that “this is the only way to avoid new disasters” like that of Chernobyl.
Before its seizure, the Zaporizhia station produced 20% of Ukraine’s electricity.
On the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 24, 2022, Russian forces entered the highly radioactive exclusion zone around Chernobyl through Belarus and seized the plant, which is no longer operational.
They stayed there for a month before leaving and looting equipment, according to Kiev.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant continued to operate in the first months after the Russian invasion, despite its occupation by Russian forces and shelling of the surrounding area. It stopped working in the fall of 2022.
Kiev and Moscow have repeatedly accused each other of bombing the area around the nuclear plant.
Source :Skai
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