Yatsenyuk sent additional forces of the national guard to guard the Chernobyl exclusion zone
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the last working day of the week gave the order to send additional forces of the National guard of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, where for six days burning wood on an area of about 70 hectares. "I ask the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs to allocate to this area for a few weeks, a contingent of the National guard for security and surveillance ", ? the Prime Minister said at a meeting of the government Council on problems of technogenic and environmental safety, reports the news Agency. This Yatsenyuk said, inadequate surveillance of the movement in the area of alienation." Go there for all and Sundry. I think that there are those who deliberately sets fire ", ? he said, instructing relevant agencies to strengthen the permit regime in the area of alienation. The fire area of 32 hectares broke out on the first day of the weekend in the apartment of forestry "Chernobyl forest" in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In gschs of Ukraine believe that the reason 70% of fires in the area of the Chernobyl exclusion are arson. Remember, in the beginning of July in the Chernobyl exclusion area were initiated peat fires. July 1, the Ministry of emergency situations of Russia expressed readiness to provide necessary assistance to Ukraine in the organization of firefighting in Chernobyl forest. Along with this, the MOE stressed that this Fire does not pose any danger to residents of border areas of Russia. On 8 may, the government of Ukraine took the initiative on the reduction of the exclusion zone to a radius of 10 kilometers, and the remaining two-thirds of the zone to allocate a biosphere reserve. At the end of April ? may the fires were also recorded under Chernobyl. In the main versions of the origin of the strongest for the last 23 years of a forest fire in the area of the disposition of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine considered arson. May 2, Ukrainian rescuers reported about a Fire in the area of alienation under the Chernobyl repaid. The Chernobyl disaster occurred on 26 April 1986. Exploded the fourth unit of the plant. The total area of radioactive contamination in Ukraine in the end of the disaster amounted to 50 thousand Square kilometers in 12 areas. In addition, radioactive contamination damage 19 Russian regions with the total area of about 60 thousand Square kilometers and a population of 2, 6 million people and 46, 5 thousand Square kilometers of the territory of Belarus (23% of total area).