Ukraine calls on UN to oppose „Russian nuclear terrorism“

Ukrinform reports that Mykola Tochytsky, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made such an appeal at the UN conference dedicated to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

"For the first time in history, civilian nuclear facilities were turned into military facilities and bridgeheads of the Russian army - in violation of the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons regarding the peaceful use of atomic energy," the representative of Ukraine said.

He emphasized that the world "witnessed how nuclear terrorism" sponsored by a nuclear state arises in reality.

In this connection, Tochytsky called on the UN to take "decisive joint actions" to prevent a nuclear catastrophe on a global scale.

"We ask to close the sky over nuclear power plants in Ukraine, to ensure protection by air defense systems, to prove that an aggressor cannot go unpunished just because he possesses nuclear weapons," the deputy minister said.

He reminded that Russia violated all norms of international law by launching a war against Ukraine and clearly expressing its intentions to locate its nuclear arsenal on the territory of non-nuclear states, which seriously threatens the Non-Proliferation Treaty.