Poroshenko on Sunday came at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the Formation and development of the country is inseparably linked with the struggle with the consequences of the catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, 29 years ago there was almost the biggest disasters in the history of nuclear energy, is notified on the Internet office of the head of the Ukrainian country.
Poroshenko on Sunday came at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Ukraine on this day to commemorate the victims of the disaster.
"The formation and development of independent Ukraine is inseparably linked with the history of struggle against consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, with stories of people who received damage from this terrible disaster. May this day always unites all Ukrainians in our collective memory in good thoughts and actions, in pursuit of the best life in the family of European Nations, " he said.
Poroshenko also said that " in these difficult times for Ukraine, the most important support for world brotherhood in the Chernobyl-related issues."
"I hope that together with donor countries, we bring reliable and safe shelter over the destroyed reactor to permanently protect the Ukrainians and other peoples from repeating the tragedy of 1986," said he.
The accident occurred on April 26 in 1. 23 - uncontrolled increase in reactor power has led to the explosions and the destruction of a significant part of the reactor. In the end, the catastrophe in the environment was ejected a large number of radioactive substances. So, significantly contaminated with radioactive cesium-137 was the territory of Ukraine (37, 6 thousand square kilometers), Belarus (43, 5 thousand), the European part of Russia (59, 3 thousand). The liquidators of the disaster found about 600 thousand people. Remove the effects lasts until now.