{"id":35880,"date":"2022-04-26T10:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T07:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=35880"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T07:28:46","slug":"today-humanity-remembers-the-chernobyl-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=35880","title":{"rendered":"Today, humanity remembers the Chernobyl tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>36 years have passed since the accident on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 26 , April , 2022 | War News .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This event, which was later called the tragedy of the twentieth century, became the greatest man-made disaster.&nbsp;Then during the explosion at the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant there was a large release of radioactive substances into the environment.&nbsp;The force of the explosion was equal to 500 bombs &#8211; those that were once dropped on Hiroshima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strong radioactive radiation struck the area within a radius of 30 kilometers from the scene.&nbsp;However, the scale of the accident was much larger.&nbsp;In addition to the Ukrainian settlements affected by the catastrophe, the villages of 19 regions of Russia, where almost 3 million people lived, were exposed to radiation pollution.&nbsp;Radiation has also spread rapidly in some parts of Belarus and reached Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of the surrounding regions learned about the Chernobyl accident only a few days later.&nbsp;The country has begun an active accumulation of forces to eliminate the consequences of the accident.&nbsp;At that time, not only specialized fire brigades but also civilians were sent to put out the fire.&nbsp;During these works, many people received lethal doses of radiation.&nbsp;In the 2000s, the world community joined forces to solve the &#8220;Chernobyl problem&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chernobyl nuclear power plant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/news\/1971897-na-chornobilskiy-aes-zafiksuvali-50-kratne-perevischennya-fonu-tam-de-perebuvali-orki\">recorded a<\/a>&nbsp;50-fold increase in the background where the occupation villages were located during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The occupiers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/news\/1971822-energoatom-na-okupantiv-yaki-rili-okopi-v-rudomu-lisi-chekaye-promeneva-khvoroba\">dug trenches<\/a>\u00a0in the red forest area in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.\u00a0Abnormally high levels of radiation background are recorded there.\u00a0Subsequently, radiation deaths were recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/\">Ukrgate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a036 years have passed since the accident on April 26, 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,\u00a0 KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 26 , April , 2022 | War News . 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