Chernobyl disaster evacuee 'forever grateful' to Welsh family who took him in
"That's where my experience in Wales really began," he said."My first impression was how peaceful and welcoming everything felt. They had these big black circles under their eyes. "By the end of the month, they had energy and were eating well.
- ▪"That's where my experience in Wales really began," he said."My first impression was how peaceful and welcoming everything felt.
- ▪They had these big black circles under their eyes.
- ▪"By the end of the month, they had energy and were eating well.
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Chernobyl disaster evacuee 'forever grateful' to Welsh family who took him inImage source, Anton HonchankaImage caption, Anton Honchanka spent a month in Wales as part of the Chernobyl Lifeline programByOscar EdwardsBBC WalesPublished1 August 2026Updated Just nowIn the summer of 1999, 11-year-old Anton Honchanka was looking to escape his contaminated hometown following history's worst nuclear disaster.His journey would take him from Gomel, Belarus, to a United Kingdom that was experiencing a historic total solar eclipse, a major political reshuffle by Prime Minister Tony Blair, and a music chart dominated by singles such as Livin' La Vida Loca.Anton was one of the children evacuated from Belarus following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in neighbouring Ukraine, after a reactor at the plant…
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