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Vilkul: Ukraine will always remember the heroism of those who stopped the Chornobyl tragedy
26.04.2013 16:12 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Chornobyl is a manmade disaster of global scale. The consequences of this devastating accident affected millions of people. It affected several countries. But the scale would have been even greater if not the feat of liquidators of the Chornobyl explosion. At the cost of their own lives they stopped and eliminated the first effects of the accident. This was stressed by Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Oleksandr Vilkul during the ceremony a memorable event on the twenty-seventh anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, Government Portal reports.
Honoring Heroes of Chernobyl has been held in the church St. Archangel Michael in Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv. The event was also attended by the Head of Kyiv State Administration Oleksandr Popov, the liquidators of the Chornobyl accident and representatives of NGOs.
During the ceremony, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Head of Kyiv City State Administration toplaced flowers to memorial mound (hill) Heroes of Chornobyl; they also attended the funeral prayer and lit candles for the dead from the accident.
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