President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, who is on a visit to Ukraine, visited the multimedia exhibition "Chornobyl. Journey" on the territory of the National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine" in Kyiv.
The Head of State and the IAEA Director General were told about the semantic blocks of the exhibition. They tell about the events of 1986 in the history of mankind, contain a lot of material about the Chornobyl accident and its liquidation, about the people whose fates are inextricably linked with the events of April 26, 1986, and encourage to think about the future of Chornobyl.
"The Chornobyl disaster has changed the way we think about nuclear energy in the world. Such exhibitions in an interesting and accessible form convey information about the reasons of such a tragedy, its consequences and the conclusions that Ukraine and all mankind should draw from this accident. This is very important," the Head of State stressed while getting acquainted with the project.
The exhibition was initiated by the Office of the President and created by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine together with the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy. The concept and implementation of the project was handled by the Gres Todorchuk agency.
Together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the multimedia exhibition “Chornobyl. Journey” was attended by Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and members of the government, Head of the President’s Office Andriy Yermak and his deputies.
The exhibition will be open to visitors after the lifting of quarantine restrictions.
