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A man lay flowers at a memorial dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, in Slavutych on 25 April 2026.

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Video. Ukraine marks 40th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

Updated: 26/04/2026 - 17:05 GMT+2

Ukrainians gathered to honour those who died from the accident, as well as the hundreds of thousands who cleaned up after the disaster, exposing themselves to high levels of radiation.

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