On the day of the 37th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that everything must be done to prevent Russia from using nuclear facilities for blackmail. According to him, a year after the liberation of the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant from Russian invaders, enterprises operate there in a normal mode..

“37 years ago, the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant left a huge scar for the whole world.. A radiation leak has turned a once cozy and developed area into an exclusion zone. Today, the 30-kilometer zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant remains a dangerous place with a high concentration of radiation,” Zelensky said..

He recalled that at the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian invaders seized a nuclear power plant, which again endangered the whole world.. More than a year has passed since the Chernobyl territory was liberated.

“Scientific and security enterprises in the Chernobyl zone have already returned to normal operation. Ukraine and the world paid a high price for the elimination of the consequences of the catastrophe, which continues to this day.

We must do everything to prevent a terrorist state from using nuclear facilities to blackmail Ukraine and the whole world,” Zelensky added..

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Recall that the units of the Russian armed forces carried out a forcible seizure of the facilities of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and controlled them from February 24 to March 31, 2022. Last summer, the Security Service of Ukraine released evidence of Russian nuclear terrorism in the Chernobyl zone..