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KYIV – After Russia announced that more than 100,000 soldiers were ordered back to their permanent bases on April 23 following military drills near Ukraine’s state borders and in occupied Crimea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the threat of a full-scale war has not dissipated.
The following letter, addressed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and signed by the authors, was released on April 30 by the ad hoc Coalition Against Funding Putin’s Neo-Fascism.
Dear Madam Chancellor:
We appeal to you, madam chancellor, to take immediate measures to halt all construction on Nord Stream 2 (NS2) until [Russian President Vladimir] Putin removes all Russian troops from Ukraine’s territory, and Alexei Navalny is freed.
The following statement was released by the Ukrainian World Congress on April 26.
On April 26, the world marks 35 years since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. The world stands with Ukraine in honoring the memory of the victims and remembering the heroism of the emergency responders. Their sacrifices and suffering must never be forgotten.
The following statement was released by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America on April 26.
On April 26, 1986, a tragedy of unspeakable magnitude occurred at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. At 1:23 a.m., an explosion at the plant blew the concrete roof off reactor No. 4 spewing huge amounts of toxic radioactive particles into the atmosphere. Other than immediate attempts by Chornobyl workers to put out the fire caused by the explosion, there was no official government reaction to this catastrophe – no announcements were made, no warnings given – nothing that showed the slightest concern for the population of Ukraine, or for the global community in general.
The following statement was released by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress on April 26.
Today, the world commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) asks all Canadians to pause today in remembrance of the thousands of victims of this terrible tragedy.
On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded and melted down. The disaster affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, with the effect still being felt today in Ukraine and Belarus.
WINNIPEG – The Consistory Board of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) resolved on April 16 to postpone its 24th Sobor of the UOCC, and requested that the Church’s prime hierarch, Metropolitan Yurij, immediately call the Sobor to be held in 2022 at a time and place determined by the Consistory Board, no later than July 10, 2022.
Thirty-five years ago, on April 26, 1986, during a test meant to simulate an electrical outage, power to the No. 4 reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant unexpectedly dropped to a near-zero level. Reactor operators, who were not scheduled to work and were not properly prepared to run the test, tried to restore power. The core of the reactor, which had become unstable and suffered from various design flaws, exploded twice, spewing radioactive material across a large swath of Europe.
Thirty-seven years ago, on May 8, 1984, the Soviet Union announced it would not participate in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles that summer. Following suit, East Germany and Bulgaria announced that they would also not be sending teams to the Games, with similar statements made by other Soviet satellite countries. Other countries that boycotted the 1984 Games included Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Cuba, South Yemen, North Korea, Ethiopia, Angola, Iran, Albania, Libya, Afghanistan, Laos, Vietnam and Mongolia.
Thirty-five years ago, the word Chornobyl first entered our lexicon and left an indelible mark on the world’s consciousness. This catastrophe, the largest nuclear accident in history, had monumental health, environmental, social, political and economic consequences that linger to this day.
The recent buildup of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine once again brought the question of Ukraine’s path to NATO to the forefront. Even though Russia decided to pull back their troops, the threat remains constant. One can only speculate whether this simply was a military exercise whose goals were completed, as Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claims, or whether Russian President Vladimir Putin actually blinked, as some pundits would have us believe.