President opened several events dedicated to 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster

President Petro Poroshenko and his wife Maryna Poroshenko opened a series of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster.

In Mystetskyi Arsenal, the Head of State attended the premiere of "The Bitter Dawn" oratorio together with representatives of the Presidential Administration, the Cabinet of Ministers and diplomatic institutions.

The oratorio consists of Polissia folk songs and poems of Ukrainian poets. In the course of the performance, documentary shots of people’s life before the disaster were shown followed by chronicles of evacuation and liquidation of the consequences of the tragedy.