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An appeal to the Presidents and Heads of Government of NATO member countries
Le Monde, 11 July 2023, Linkiesta, 11 July 2023, The Lithuania Tribune, 12 July 2023, Tornado, 14 Julho, 2023
According to numerous concordant reports, the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (Enerhodar) is riddled with mines and explosives. More specifically, according to Ukrainian intelligence services, the Russian army has placed explosives in four of the six units at the plant.
In addition, the world has just witnessed the loss of human life, including among Russian soldiers, and the destruction of infrastructure and a vast ecosystem following the blasting of the Kakhovka dam by the Russian occupying forces.
The explosion of this dam is just another episode in the strategy of the political and military authorities of the Russian Federation to terrorise the population and systematically destroy Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.
In view of Moscow’s complete disregard for human life, NATO countries must anticipate the possibility that the Russian authorities will include a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhia power station in their military strategy for Ukraine.
As US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham have pointed out, an explosion at the Zaporizhia nuclear complex or a major incident following an interruption in the cooling system would result in a major catastrophe for Ukraine and the states in the region, including a number of NATO member states.
In order to avert such a threat, the Russian Federation should be invited to:
– Immediately withdraw all its soldiers from the site of the Zaporizhia power plant;
– have the Russian military, under the supervision of UN experts, neutralise all explosive material and any other weapons on the site of the power station;
– guarantee free and permanent access to the plant for members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In the absence of a positive and rapid response from the Russian authorities, we ask NATO to take all necessary initiatives, including military ones, to make the Russian authorities understand that this is a red line for the Atlantic Alliance. Lire la suite