"The capture of Chornobyl nuclear plant is nuclear terrorism": Ukraine appealed to IAEA
Ukraine is asking the IAEA to ask NATO to close access to the airspace over its nuclear facilities and called the Russian seizure of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant a terrorist act.
This was reported by the Energy Reform and the State Special Communications Service.
In its appeal, Ukraine emphasizes that for the safety of nuclear facilities and facilities at the Chornobyl site and in the Exclusion Zone, it insists on the IAEA's request to NATO to establish an A2/AD zone (Anti Access/Area Denial) over Ukraine's territory taking into account the risks and geography of the location of Energoatom stations.
The appeals were signed by the Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko, the Head of the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation Oleh Korikov, and the Head of Energoatom Petro Kotin.
Representatives of Ukraine also insist on actions by the IAEA to immediately cease fire and prevent the occupation troops from approaching closer than 30 km from the nuclear power plant, as well as to intensify the IAEA CIA headquarters to coordinate actions to prevent nuclear terrorism and Chornobyl its staff.
"The fact of the seizure of the world-famous Chornobyl nuclear power plant has all the hallmarks of an act of nuclear terrorism committed against Chornobyl nuclear facilities and its personnel by Russian military units," the statement said.
However, the authors of the appeal emphasize that the Russian Federation completely ignores the principles of peace, security, and unity, for which the IAEA was created within the UN, and therefore propose to exclude its access to intellectual and technical resources of the agency while strengthening control over the use of nuclear material in this country.
In addition, they insist on severing all relations with all citizens of the Russian Federation responsible for nuclear energy, who are employed in all UN structures.
The Chernobyl zone has had the highest level of radiation since the 1986 accident.
Studies have shown an increase in radiation levels in the Chornobyl zone after the Russian occupiers occupied Chornobyl.
This was announced by the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Vadym Denysenko, the press service of the department reports on Facebook.
"After the Russian troops invaded the Chornobyl zone, the top layer of soil was disturbed and after that, the increased radiation in the Chornobyl zone is now beginning to be recorded," he said.
Denisenko added that the increase in radiation levels was recorded for the first time since the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
