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04/29/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/29/2026 06:32

“Three days after the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, I was in Kyiv,” — Katarina Mathernova in an exclusive interview with Ukrainian Radio.

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"Three days after the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, I was in Kyiv," - Katarina Mathernova in an exclusive interview with Ukrainian Radio.

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Ms. Katarina Mathernova, the European Union Ambassador to Ukraine, was in Kyiv as a student 40 years ago-just a few days after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. And 40 years later, Katarina Mathernova visited the plant again. She spoke about this in an exclusive interview with Ukrainian Radio.

Read the interview at the link.

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