Zelenskyy warns of Russian nuclear risks on Chernobyl anniversary

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday that the safety of Europe's largest nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia is threatened by Russia's war against Ukraine, as the country marked the 38th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

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00:00A ceremony was held in northern Ukraine on Friday to remember those who died in the 1986

00:09Chernobyl nuclear accident.

00:15Ukrainian Supreme Council official Oleg Bondarenko paid tribute to those who extinguished the

00:20fire at the Chernobyl plant, saying they had saved the world from a radiation disaster.

00:26On the day of the memorial, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized the importance

00:32of protecting Ukrainian nuclear facilities from Russian attacks, including the Zaporizhia

00:37nuclear power plant, which was attacked for three days in a row in early April.

00:421986's Chernobyl disaster was the result of a flawed reactor design operated by under-trained

00:49staff. The accident killed two Chernobyl plant workers at the time, with many others dead

00:54within a few weeks as a result of acute radiation syndrome.

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