The deadly threat of the 21st century is radiation. A human is not able to notice, see, hear or feel radiation. It is invisible, has no smell, color, taste, but insidiously makes itself felt by terrible irreversible changes to the surrounding space having a detrimental effect on all alive and above all on a human.

Mentioning the word catastrophe, we imagine an accident with tragic consequences. Behind such a brief description, we should remember about human destinies. When we hear the word catastrophe, tragedy, we unconsciously recall the events of 1986 at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, the memories of which make us feel pain. The Chornobyl tragedy is the largest man-made disaster on a planetary scale in the entire history of nuclear power. It changed not only the radiation situation, the environment, but also the people’s fate. The tragedy "reminds" of itself to newer and newer generations; its real scale and consequences are becoming more realized every year. The visible catastrophe passed long ago, but its invisible consequences still make themselves felt.

The Chornobyl left behind a completely burnt-out land, a "dead zone", empty houses, pain and emptiness in the hearts and souls of people, harming health and fate...

But life goes on. Since the tragedy, 35 years have passed. The wounds still hurt, but little by little they are healing, and we owe this to those people who, in the literal sense of the word, shielded us from a terrible disaster. They went through the fire, flames, despite the mortal danger. Their feat is an example of human courage, heroism, and dedication that will forever remain in the people's memory. And it is immortal. We remember and give a deep bow to all the liquidators who burned in the disaster zone, the soldiers of the atomic front, who sacrificed their lives and health to save our land.

Our country is going through hard times now. Worldwide pandemic and its consequences, the military conflict in the east, a deep economic crisis, reforming many areas of public life - brings an endless number of problems and challenges that should be solved. However, we have no moral right to leave Chornobyl victims alone with their problems and needs, pain, despair, despondency.

Unfortunately, only on the eve of the tragedy anniversary, we remember people who gave their lives and health for us, future generations, we visit monuments, show movies… Each of us should understand, that the planet is our home, and we must remember those, who defended it in the past, defend it now; and educate our children in a spirit of humanity and gratitude, in the sacred traditions of our ancestors, the Christian Covenants.

We have no right to forget those, who did their work, not for the titles, fame, money, and career, but for our rescue, and the rescue of our children.

They expect from us respect and honor, help and ordinary human understanding, compassion.

We, today's generation, for which the liquidators went through the fire, not knowing whether to return from there, have no right to be indifferent, and if our compatriots, to whom we owe much, need our support, faith, and help, then we must unite and join the charity initiative and our hearts will surely be filled with warmth and self-respect.

Let's help together!