Posted on 04/25/2026 10:11:42 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Ukraine is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday amid lingering fears that Russia's 4-year-old war could spark a repeat of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
"The Chernobyl disaster was the result of a reactor experiment ordered by Moscow, in violation of safety protocols, and followed by lies and cover-ups," Ukraine's foreign ministry said in a statement.
"To this day, the world has to face consequences brought by a totalitarian system that subordinated truth and science to ideology and political power."
Millions were exposed to radiation, hundreds of thousands forced to flee, and wide swaths of land contaminated after the accidental explosion and resulting meltdown inside reactor No. 4 at the Soviet-built plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986.
Thousands have since succumbed to radiation-related illnesses such as cancer, although the total death toll and long-term health effects remain a subject of intense debate.
A vast international effort saw the installation of a massive steel and concrete arc in 2016 to shield the original sarcophagus hurriedly built in 1986 to cover tons of radioactive debris.
However, a February 2025 Russian drone strike punctured its hermetic seal, officials said. No leaks were detected, but the arc needs at least €500 million ($586 million) worth of repairs to prevent permanent damage, according to the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.
Earlier this month, Kyiv's top state prosecutor said that Ukrainian radars had detected at least 92 Russian drones that had flown within a 5 kilometer radius of the shield since June 2024.
Details of official ceremonies in wartime Ukraine are typically not published in advance for security purposes.
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Candles arranged into a radiation hazard symbol at a memorial dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, in Slavutych, Ukraine, on Saturday. | REUTERS
Disaster was pursued by Ukrainian bureaucrats. Don’t push it off on other commie trash in Moscow. Moscow tried to cover it up, Ukraine caused it. Caused it by rushing a test. Cutting corners. And, then being too damend stupid to ask: “Waitaminnit, what if the core is broken?”
As bad as TMIsland — cowboys pretending to control something instead of simply doing what the owners manual tells you to do. That B&W reactor was perfectly safe and would have settled down, but cowboys pretending to be competent insisted of showing that THEY were in charge — and F@#$ed up everything.
reading this right now:
“Chernobyl wasn’t a Nuclear disaster — it was a communist disaster”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chernobyl-wasnt-nuclear-disaster-communist-103049960.html
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