Ukraine called on the UN to demilitarize the Chernobyl zone from Russian troops

Vice Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk appealed to the United Nations Security Council to restore nuclear security in the region. This was stated at the briefing of the official .

In the context of nuclear security, the irresponsible and unprofessional actions of the Russian military pose a very serious threat not only to Ukraine, but also to hundreds of millions of Europeans.

Therefore, we demand from the UN Security Council to immediately take measures to demilitarize the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and introduce a special UN mission there to eliminate the risk of a repeat of the Chernobyl accident as a result of the actions of the Russian occupation forces, she said.

Vereshchuk noted that the continued militarization of the exclusion zone and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by the Russian occupation forces posed a serious risk of damage to the insulation structures built over the fourth power unit of the plant after its explosion in 1986. Such damage will inevitably lead to a significant amount of radioactive dust entering the atmosphere and infecting not only Ukraine, but also other European countries.

The occupiers ignore these threats and continue to transport and store a significant amount of ammunition in close proximity to the nuclear plant, she added.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, recently the Russian occupation troops are increasingly using old and substandard ammunition, which increases the risk of their detonation even during loading and transportation.