Ukraine's Parliament asks international community to prevent nuclear disaster at ZNPP

The Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council; the parliament) of Ukraine turned to the worldwide community on 28 June with a request to prevent a nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and counteract Russia's nuclear blackmail.

Source: Yaroslav Zhelezniak, member of the Ukrainian Parliament, on Telegram

Details: Specifically, the appeal was addressed to the UN, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the EU, OSCE, NATO, the European Council and their Parliamentary Assemblies.

A corresponding draft of decree No.9429 was voted for by 274 MPs, with 226 necessary to pass.

In its address, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called upon the international community to strengthen restrictions and sanctions that concern Russia's nuclear sector and military industry.

The Ukrainian Parliament also asks the international organisations to recognise Russia as a sponsor of terrorism, to expand military, financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and to develop effective mechanisms of guarantees of peace and safety in Europe.

The explanatory note to the draft document says that "the actions of the terrorist state will have catastrophic consequences, which will be felt far beyond the borders of Ukraine and will affect the environment and the well-being of the residents of the Black Sea region and the whole Europe."

Background:

• Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defence Intelligence, is convinced that the plan to blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by Russians has been fully developed and approved, and the threat has never been as great as it is now.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, said that the Russians have developed and approved the scenario of a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which includes a radiation leak. Zelenskyy stressed that the world's attention to the existing Russian threat at the Zaporizhzhia NPP was "still insufficient."

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