Emergency Ministry: Ukraine doesn't need Russia's help in the vicinity of Chernobyl
Ukraine does not need Russian aid rescuers in fire fighting in the area of the Chernobyl exclusion, informs the Ministry of emergency situations of the Russian Federation.
A forest fire in the area of alienation broke out yesterday afternoon on an area of about 320 hectares, to his destruction have attracted more than 300 people And 51 of the vehicles, as well as among them airplanes And helicopters. In gschs of Ukraine Last news first claimed that the fire has no threat to residents And will not affect the background radiation. Acting Head of the SSES of the Zoryan Shkiriak said that the fire did not threaten the Shelter, erected above the emergency unit of the Chernobyl NPP. Morning environment the spread of fire managed to stop the fire completely surrounded And controlled, the radiation background is normal.
"without delay operational duty shift of the national center for crisis management, organized in cooperation with the operations duty officer of the state service of Ukraine for emergency situations. According to duty officer of the situation is under control, do not need help ", - is informed in the report.
the Ministry commented that the managements of the rescuers EMERCOM of Russia, Bryansk And Kursk regions organized a partnership with the operational duty for civil defense And emergency situations of the Gomel And Mogilev regions of Belarus, as well as operational duty Sumy And Chernihiv oblasts of gschs of Ukraine.
first press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that to address the issue of assistance in connection with fires in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine should first do a request from Kiev.