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A visitor looks at a rusty machinery which was involved in the recovery works following the accident at the Chernobyl power plant, in the ghost town of Pripyat on April 24, 2021. - The 35th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster will be commemorated in the ex-Soviet country on April 26, 2021. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
A visitor looks at a rusty tank which was involved in the recovery works following the accident at the Chernobyl power plant, in the ghost town of Pripyat on April 24, 2021. - The 35th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster will be commemorated in the ex-Soviet country on April 26, 2021. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Workers walk past the covered exploded reactor inside a shelter construction at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
An abandoned carousel in the park is seen the ghost town of Pripyat close to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
The rusty emblem of the Soviet Union is seen over the ghost town of Pripyat close to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
The rusty emblem of the Soviet Union is seen on the roof of an apartment building in the ghost town of Pripyat close to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A man walks past a shelter covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A view of the ghost town of Pripyat with a shelter covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the background, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Yevgeny Markevich, an 85-year-old former teacher, repairs a boat near his house at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Markevich said "It's a great happiness to live at home, but it's sad that it's not as it used to be." Today, he grows potatoes and cucumbers on his garden plot, which he takes for tests "in order to partially protect myself." The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Yevgeny Markevich, 85-year-old former teacher speaks to his dog as he prepares to drive at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Markevich said "It's a great happiness to live at home, but it's sad that it's not as it used to be." Today, he grows potatoes and cucumbers on his garden plot, which he takes for tests "in order to partially protect myself." The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Yevgeny Markevich, a 85-year-old former teacher, smiles smiles during his interview with the Associated Press at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Markevich said "It's a great happiness to live at home, but it's sad that it's not as it used to be." Today, he grows potatoes and cucumbers on his garden plot, which he takes for tests "in order to partially protect myself." The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Yevgeny Markevich, a 85-year-old former teacher, leaves his house at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Markevich said "It's a great happiness to live at home, but it's sad that it's not as it used to be." Today, he grows potatoes and cucumbers on his garden plot, which he takes for tests "in order to partially protect myself." The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
An employee of an equestrian sports complex runs with a Przewalski's horse called Karamelka rescued from last year's heavy forest fire in Chernobyl, near Kiev on April 14, 2021. - Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia, surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
An employee of an equestrian sports complex runs with a Przewalski's horse called Karamelka rescued from last year's heavy forest fire in Chernobyl, near Kiev on April 14, 2021. - Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia, surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
An employee of an equestrian sports complex plays with a Przewalski's horse called Karamelka rescued from last year's heavy forest fire in Chernobyl, near Kiev on April 14, 2021. - Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia, surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Denis Vishnevskiy, chief of the unit of the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, speaks during his interview with the Associated Press at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. "This is a gigantic territory in which we keep a chronicle of nature," said Denis Vishnevskiy, 43, who has been observing nature in the reserve for the past 20 years. "The exclusion zone is not a curse, but our resource." The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Denis Vishnevskiy, chief of the unit of the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, foreground right, and his colleagues carry a box with a beaver preparing to release it into a forest at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. To the surprise of many who expected the area might be a dead zone for centuries, wildlife is thriving: bears, bison, wolves, lynx, wild horses and dozens of bird species. According to scientists, the animals were much more resistant to radiation than expected, and were able to quickly adapt to strong radiation. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Deer are seen in a forest at the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Abandoned country houses are seen at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The Ukrainian authorities are calling for the exclusion zone of objects to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, since the object is a unique place "of interest to all mankind". The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has already taken steps to recognize the zone as a monument, which will attract more funding and tourists. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
An abandoned village house and outbuildings are seen at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Denis Vishnevskiy, chief of the unit of the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve looks through binoculars in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. "This is a gigantic territory in which we keep a chronicle of nature," said Denis Vishnevskiy, 43, who has been observing nature in the reserve for the past 20 years. "The exclusion zone is not a curse, but our resource ". The vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A beaver released biologist Denis Vishnevskiy is seen in a river in a forest at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. To the surprise of many who expected the area might be a dead zone for centuries, wildlife is thriving: bears, bison, wolves, lynx, wild horses and dozens of bird species. According to scientists, the animals were much more resistant to radiation than expected, and were able to quickly adapt to strong radiation. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
The monument of the Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin is seen at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. TThe vast and empty Chernobyl Exclusion Zone around the site of the world???s worst nuclear accident is a baleful monument to human mistakes. Yet 35 years after a power plant reactor exploded, Ukrainians also look to it for inspiration, solace and income. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
09 April 2021, Ukraine, Kiew: Nikolay Stepanenko (88) in his apartment. As the deputy head of the Kiev Oblast administration, he was responsible for the resettlement of the inhabitants of the towns of Prypyat, Chernobyl and another 27 villages after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The disability pensioner continues to live in Kiev. (to dpa "35 years of Chernobyl: Nuclear disaster burdens witnesses and politics") Photo: Andreas Stein/dpa
09 April 2021, Ukraine, Kiew: Nikolay Stepanenko (88) in his apartment. As the deputy head of the Kiev Oblast administration, he was responsible for the resettlement of the inhabitants of the towns of Prypyat, Chernobyl and another 27 villages after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The disability pensioner continues to live in Kiev. (to dpa "35 years of Chernobyl: Nuclear disaster burdens witnesses and politics") Photo: Andreas Stein/dpa
01 April 2021, Ukraine, Kiew: Ilya Suslov holds a photograph of himself in his hands. As a student in 1986, Ilya Suslov travelled from Navoiy in Uzbekistan, 3000 kilometres away, to the damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant. From mid-August to mid-October, the then 25-year-old worked as a foreman on the construction of the first concrete sarcophagus. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the now 60-year-old moved to Kiev in the now independent Ukraine and is now a disability pensioner. (to dpa "35 years of Chernobyl: Nuclear accident burdens witnesses and politics") Photo: Andreas Stein/dpa
01 April 2021, Ukraine, Kiew: Ilya Suslov. As a student in 1986, Ilya Suslov travelled from Navoiy in Uzbekistan, 3000 kilometres away, to the damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant. From mid-August to mid-October, the then 25-year-old worked as a foreman on the construction of the first concrete sarcophagus. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the now 60-year-old moved to Kiev in the now independent Ukraine and is now a disability pensioner. (to dpa "35 years of Chernobyl: Nuclear accident burdens witnesses and politics") Photo: Andreas Stein/dpa
A Przewalski's horse wanders near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A Przewalski's horse wanders near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A Przewalski's horse wanders near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
A Przewalski's horse wanders near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Przewalski's horses wander near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Przewalski's horses wander near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Przewalski's horses wander near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Przewalski's horses wander near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
Przewalski's horses wander near a forest road in the Chernobyl zone on April 13, 2021. - They are the Przewalski's horses, an endangered species native to Asia which surprisingly thrives in the area tainted by radiation, after having once disappeared in the wild. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)