On
August 29, 2022, the
Russian Mission to the UN in Geneva transmitted a diplomatic note to the
Inter-Parliamentary Union with a statement of the Council of the Russian State Duma which draws international attention to the
continued shellings of the Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) by Ukrainian military units.
The document, inter alia, emphasizes the following:
The
continued violation by Ukrainian military units of nuclear and physical safety of the ZNPP –
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant – could lead to
a large-scale catastrophe with terrifying consequences.
At the UN SC Russia constantly raises the issue of
inadmissibility of targeting nuclear facilities and calls on Ukraine’s patrons to force the Kiev regime to
immediately cease the shellings of ZNPP.
The Council of the State Duma also
reaffirmed the Russian side's readiness to do everything necessary in order to
organize an international IAEA mission to the ZNPP.
