In the Lviv region, there are 6,632 people injured as a result of the accident.
It was on December 14, 1986 that the construction of the sarcophagus over the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant destroyed in the explosion was officially completed.
In memory of all victims, flowers were placed at the monument to the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl. Afterwards, a memorial service was held.
The participants were the deputy head of the Lviv OVA, Ivan Sobko, representatives of the regional and city authorities, the Department of Emergency Services, the public, participants in the liquidation of the accident, and the clergy.
“When the greatest man-made disaster in the history of mankind occurred, more than 600,000 of our people sacrificed themselves for its elimination. They gave their health and life so that the whole world would have a future. On this day 37 years ago, the construction of a protective sarcophagus over the destroyed fourth power unit of the Chornobyl NPP was completed. We honor all the people who eliminated the consequences of the disaster at great cost. A low bow and gratitude for your feat! Cheers to everyone who localized the accident and saved our country and the world from pollution. Eternal memory to the liquidators who gave their lives for our safety,” said the head of Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi.
The Department of Social Protection of the Population of Lviv Regional Government informs that there are 6,632 people injured in the accident in Lviv Region, of whom:
3558 – participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident (liquidators);
24 – persons who participated in liquidation of other nuclear accidents;
3050 – victims of the Chernobyl disaster (evacuees from the exclusion zone, etc.).
4 million hryvnias have been allocated from the regional budget for free provision of medicines and dental prostheses to victims of the Chernobyl disaster for 2023.
Victims of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, who need to improve their living conditions, have the right to emergency provision of living space. As of the beginning of December this year, 636 people affected by the disaster are on the apartment register in Lviv Oblast.
In 2023, a resident of Brodivska Territorial Community bought a house within the framework of the Comprehensive Program of Support for Certain Categories of Citizens of the Lviv Region. By the end of the year, it is planned to provide housing for one more resident of the Lviv urban territorial community.
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On the night of April 26, two powerful explosions occurred at the fourth power unit of the Chornobyl NPP. As a result, more than 60 tons of radioactive materials rose into the air. More than 100,000 people were evacuated from the territory within a radius of 30 kilometers from the accident site.
The accident was recognized as a man-made, ecological and humanitarian disaster. The main part of the work to eliminate the consequences of the accident was carried out in 1986-1987. About 240,000 people took part in them. The total number of liquidators for all years was approximately 600,000 people. Immediately after the disaster, 31 people died.
To prevent further releases of radioactive materials, by the end of 1986, the fourth reactor of the NPP was covered with a special “sarcophagus”, which was built by hundreds of thousands of volunteers and mobilized soldiers, and the Chernobyl NPP was put into operation again.