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Ukraine pays tribute to Chernobyl victims on 30th anniv. of meltdown

Tuesday, 26 April 2016 11:55 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 26 April 2016 11:56 PM ]

Thirty years after Chernobyl disaster, Ukrainians have gathered to commemorate the victims of the tragedy and remind the world of the accident’s long-term effects that still claim lives.

Lena Savchuk

Press TV, Kiev

It was in the early hours of 26 April 1986 that an explosion at a nuclear power plant in the Soviet city of Pripyat led to the worst nuclear accident ever. The catastrophe at Chernobyl sent large quantities of radioactive particles into the atmosphere and contaminated much of the western Soviet Union and eastern Europe. Thirty years after the disaster, Ukrainians have gathered to commemorate the victims of the tragedy and remind the world of the accident’s long-term effects that still claim lives.

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