Ukraine says Chernobyl remains an ‘open wound’ 32 years on
KIEV: Ukraine on Thursday marked 32 years since Chernobyl, the world’s worst nuclear disaster, saying it would “remain an open wound in the hearts of millions”.
The accident spread radioactive fallout across Europe in 1986, particularly contaminating Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
“Chernobyl will always remain an open wound in the heart of our country, in the hearts of millions of people,” President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Facebook.
Several hundred people gathered overnight for a ceremony at a memorial to victims in Slavutych, a town 50km from the nuclear power plant.
Mourners lit candles and put flowers in front of memorial plaques. Many of the …read more
Source: theSun
