Kiev's air quality on the world's lowest-to-last, air is a cloudy gray yellow, the city government issued a notice to the public not to open the window, and guide the use of wet towels hanging in front of the window to improve the air "life tricks."
Kiev under severe fog on the morning of April 16
The devastating air pollution was a resurgent (literally) forest fire 100 km away, with strong winds blowing smoke from the fire over Kiev and arriving in a strong sandstorm rarely seen in Ukraine. To make matters worse, the forest fire, 100 kilometers away, is within the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Meanwhile, Kiev remains under a ban on the city-
From the outbreak of forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on 4 April to the resumption of forest fires on 16 April, the fire, which is close to the ruins of the nuclear power plant, is still not really over. On April 21st Ukraine's Ministry of Emergency Situations reported good news and two bad news, the good news is that the fire is largely under control, the bad news is that the recent strong winds in the area, the resurgence is still at any time possible eruption - and the current wind direction and burning position is once again approaching the Belarus border.
On April 22nd there were 6,592 new crown-confirmed cases in Ukraine under a national blockade, while neighbouring Belarus, which did not take any measures to contain, confirmed 7,281 cases, both of which were among the top in the world in terms of growth. Thirty-four years ago, it was these two countries that suffered the worst consequences of the nuclear catastrophe.
In April, a forest fire in Ukraine caught the world's attention.
The fire is not big earlier than it was in mainland Australia, which burned a few months ago.
But that doesn't stop it from showing great destructive power.
Smoke from the fire sidonted over the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, as if the end was coming.
And as the fire spread, people in Ukraine and across Europe were panicking.
All this is because this fire-burning place is called Chernobyl.
Thirty-four years ago, there was the worst nuclear accident ever.
Despite the heavy costs, the Chernobyl area remains an absolute no-go zone.
Scientists estimate that parts of the area are no longer suitable for long-term human habitation for thousands of years, if not tens of thousands of years.
Forty hours after the accident, an emergency evacuation began across the city of Pripiati.
All residents left in four hours.
When they leave, they are only allowed to wear light clothes, and most people think their "emergency evacuation" is temporary.
But what they don't know is that it has been completely abandoned and become a veritable "ghost town".
For the past few decades, everything here has remained as if time had been stationary.
This is a living museum, a true monument.
As the fireburn burned many plants where radioactive material had gathered, radiation levels in the Chernobyl area soared to more than 16 times their normal values.
Highly radioactive dust spreads in all directions as fires and air currents flow.
Of course, these are not the most dangerous.
On April 13th, a week-long fire approached the previously wrecked nuclear reactor.
The nearest fire to the reactor is less than two kilometers away.
If the fire is allowed to spread to the reactor, then in the continuous high temperature, the "sarcophagus" may be damaged, losing the proper isolation.
Once nuclear waste in the reactor leaks again, it will be a disaster big enough to affect the world.
At this point, a group of young firefighters once again took on the difficult task.
Firefighters had to go deep into the radiation-exceeding area as the fire spread to the heart of the "no-go zone".
They will create an isolated fire belt to prevent the fire from burning towards the plant.
The task is dangerous and arduous, and firefighters, both physically and mentally, are under enormous pressure.
It occurred to me that, despite the great changes that have taken place in the world over the past few decades, there are always brave people who choose to carry the burden, regardless of nationality or nationality. Whether it's a virus or a war!
Thirty-four years ago, a group of Bolshevik fighters stormed to the burning reactor without fear;
Thirty-four years later, young Ukrainian firefighters are standing between the line of fire and the radiation for the safety of the people.
We should pay the highest tribute to this group of brave soldiers.