The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said this Sunday (26), during a speech at the event marking the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, that Russia had transformed nuclear installations into an “instrument” of war. He called for global sanctions to be expanded to also target the Russian nuclear sector and “all associated legal entities and individuals.”
For Zelensky, international pressure needs to be reinforced to contain what he called the “completely irresponsible and reckless” force of the Russians on the issue.
War territory
In the statement, published by the Ukrainian leader through the social network X, he stated that “no one could have imagined” that, decades after the Chernobyl accident, the plant and its remaining structures would be converted into “war territory”.
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He also accused Moscow of having turned the Zaporizhzhia plant – which he described as the largest in Europe – into a platform for military action. He said that Russia launches attacks from there against Ukrainian cities and villages, where it still stores weapons and ammunition.
Air defense
In calling for more military support, the Ukrainian said it was very important to continually strengthen the country’s air defense and long-range capabilities, both to protect the population and infrastructure and to increase pressure on Russia to end the war.
*Content translated with the help of Artificial Intelligence, reviewed and edited by the Broadcast Editorial Team, Grupo Estado’s real-time news system.
