The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was the voice of reason this Monday (8): “any attack against a nuclear power plant is suicidal”, he warned.
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Since last week, Russians and Ukrainians have accused each other of being responsible for attacks carried out around the Zaporizhzhia plant – the largest nuclear plant in Europe – in a confrontation over the region that belongs to Ukraine, but is under Russian control.
The two nations also dispute the narratives about what happens there.
Who is to blame? That doesn't matter much when the whole world is at risk! The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned of a “very real risk of nuclear disaster”.
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The plant is completely out of control, as this ABC News video explains:
At a press conference in Tokyo, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks, without holding any party responsible.
“We support the IAEA in its efforts to create the conditions to stabilize this plant,” said Guterres.
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“I hope these offensives end and, at the same time, I hope that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has access to the Zaporizhzhia plant,” he added.
The secretary-general gave this speech after visiting Hiroshima over the weekend, the place where the world's first atomic bomb disaster occurred, and turned 77 last weekend.
With information from AFP.
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