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RFE/RL: Ukraine, Belarus mark 32nd anniversary of Chornobyl disaster

Published April 26, 2018 at 12:57 pm

People hold candles at the Chornobyl victims' monument in Slavutich, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the accident's site, and where many of the power station's personnel used to live, during a memorial ceremony on the night of April 25-26, 2009. Ukraine paid homage to victims of the Chornobyl catastrophe 23 years after the worst nuclear accident in history.

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Ukraine is marking the 32nd anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on April 26 with a memorial service and a series of events in remembrance of the world’s worst-ever civilian nuclear accident.

In neighboring Belarus, an opposition-organized event will also be held to commemorate the disaster.