Nuclear Terrorism at Zaporizhzhya NPP: The Council has called on the international community to impose sanctions against the entire nuclear industry of the Russian Federation
The Council called on the UN, EU countries, the European Council, the OSCE, Parliaments and Governments of the IAEA Member States to condemn the Russian nuclear terrorism to the Russian Federation. Video of the Day "Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine contains a call to recognize the actions of the Russian Federation on the occupation of the ZPP, its mines and shelling such that threatens the safe existence of the world, the act of nuclear terrorism", - the text of the document reads.
Parliament also asks: the largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporozhye NPP, was captured by Russian invaders after battles in Energodar on March 4. The buildings of the ZPE were damaged by Russian shelling in several places, and the staff of the station were captured. The Kremlin uses the Zaporozhye NPP to cover its military equipment because the Armed Forces cannot open fire in the area of the power plant, as well as for pressure on Ukraine and the world, threatening a nuclear disaster.
Russian troops have equipped fire positions for the ZPP and fired from there Ukrainian cities. Energoatom reported that the military of the Russian Federation had placed in the machine hall of the first power unit of Zaporizhzhya NPP at least 14 units of heavy military equipment with ammunition, weapons and explosives. On August 5, Russian shelling caused a fire at the NPP water station.
In addition, due to damage to power lines, the 4th NPP power unit was disconnected from the power system and transferred to the reserve. As a result of the shelling, on August 6, Russian shells hit the site near nuclear waste. Energoatom stated that the Russian soldiers carry out artillery shelling of Zaporizhzhya NPP, because they want to destroy its infrastructure and disconnect it from the power system of Ukraine to deactivate the South.