The democratic leader, who is on a visit to Kyiv, visited the Chernobyl NPP today.
“To see the Chernobyl NPP and Pripyat with my own eyes is a very difficult and emotional experience. The empty streets of Pripyat, abandoned houses, schools, children's toys – all this is a quiet reminder of how quickly ordinary peaceful life can be cut short. How one disaster can leave a wound for decades.
For Belarusians, this is not a foreign tragedy, but our common pain. Like many Belarusian children, I am also a child of Chernobyl. We participated in Chernobyl health recovery programs, thanks to which families in different countries hosted us and helped us restore our health. I will never forget this solidarity and help.
In Pripyat and Chernobyl, you particularly acutely feel how important it is to protect peace, freedom, and human life. And how dangerous it is when power is in the hands of people for whom there are no boundaries, no morality, no responsibility.
Today, as Russia wages war against Ukraine and uses nuclear blackmail as a tool of pressure, the memory of Chernobyl reminds us again how dangerous lies, silence, and indifference to the fate of people can be. Belarusians know the price of such a catastrophe, and our country should not be part of nuclear threats or aggression.
I believe that Belarus and Ukraine will together build a future without war, dictatorship, or nuclear threats,” said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
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