The United States will contribute $100 million (85.6 million euros) to repair the protective structure above the damaged reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Wednesday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the DPA agency.
- The United States will contribute one hundred million dollars to repair the Chernobyl sarcophagus.
- The total cost of repairs to the protective structure of the reactor will exceed five hundred million euros.
- Ukraine is negotiating with international partners to secure the missing funds.
- The explosion of the Chernobyl power plant in 1986 remains the worst civilian nuclear disaster.
- Russian drones regularly fly over Chernobyl, one crashed into a concrete sarcophagus.
Zelenskyj in a post on the X platform he called this promise from the US an important step of support and expressed gratitude for it. More than 500 million euros ($583 million) will be needed to repair the protective structure of the reactor, the Ukrainian president added. Ukraine cooperates with its partners to secure the necessary funds, Zelenskyj said, adding that every contribution brings her closer to her goal.
The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine in 1986 was the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history. The accident and subsequent fire released into the environment over parts of the territory of the former Soviet Union. The leakage of radioactive substances most affected the adjacent regions of Ukraine and Belarus. Contaminated air currents also affected most of Europe, including Slovakia.
New threats to this location are currently represented by the Russian military offensive on Ukraine, which has lasted for more than four years, reminds DPA. On Sunday, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Zelensky accused Russia of committing “nuclear terrorism”. He pointed out that Russian drones regularly fly over the site of the former nuclear power plant, and one of them even crashed into a concrete sarcophagus in February of last year. which protects the remains of the fourth reactor unit. At the time, Moscow denied responsibility and accused Ukraine of probably carrying out the attack itself.
