KIEV, April 26 - The economic losses Ukraine has sustained as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster total will nearly $180 billion by 2015, said President Viktor Yanukovych.

"In experts' estimate, the total economic losses Ukraine has sustained as a result of the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant will reach $180 billion by 2015, which is the size of Ukraine's one-year GDP," Yanukovych said while visiting the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.