'Constant reminder of real threat:' World marks 40th anniversary of Chornobyl disaster
Source: Kyiv Independent
As the world marks the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, Ukrainian and foreign leaders have been commemorating the tragedy, while Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine continues to threaten nuclear safety across the country.
"We remember everyone who gave their lives while dealing with the aftermath of this tragedy. May all the victims of the Chornobyl disaster rest in peace," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X on April 26.
The Chornobyl nuclear accident occurred on April 26, 1986, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.
In the early hours of that morning, the fourth reactor of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant exploded, initiating a meltdown of the reactor's core while tearing through the roof and spewing radioactive material across Ukraine, Belarus, and much of Europe.
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Thanks!! 
As I said in a reply, when I joined my grandmother and her peace group in the late '80s on the initial trip to visit her town's "sister town" high in the Caucasus Mountains in the USSR, we were scheduled to visit Kiev, but then Chernobyl happened and we visited Tbilisi, the capital of then-Soviet Georgia, instead. And knowing what I know now, I'm sorry that we never made it to Kiev. 