€550m pledge to build shelter at Chernobyl site

INTERNATIONAL leaders pledged millions of euro at a Kiev conference to complete a permanent shelter to secure the ruins of Ukraine’s exploded Chernobyl power station.

“The catastrophe at Chernobyl power station left a deep wound that Ukraine will need to live with for many years ahead,” Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said in his opening speech.

“We thank the international community for not leaving Ukraine alone with this problem.”