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Chernobyl residents honor disaster with memorial in Slavutych
Hundreds braved cold to lay flowers and light candles at a memorial in Slavutych for those who died in the 1986 accident. Residents discuss job losses, ongoing dismantling at Chernobyl, and the town’s dependence on international aid while guarding a fragile containment shell.
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Slavutych
Ukraine
Chernobyl
Lyubov Rasovova
Europe
Rasovova
Cher
Vladimir Odovichenko
Odovichenko
Soviet Union
Oleksandr
Korolev
Associated Press
Alexander Usayev
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Slavutich
Kiev