The Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko, Acting Chairman of the SNRIU Oleh Korikov, Acting President of SE NNEGC “Energoatom” Petro Kotin addressed UN Secretary General Antonio Guttersch, OSCE Secretary General Helga von Hermia Schmid Layen the appeal for doing everything possible to prevent a global nuclear catastrophe.
The appeal, in particular, outlined the critical situation at the occupied Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants and other nuclear power facilities and called for immediate, effective and decisive action by the UN, OSCE and IAEA to prevent an environmental catastrophe.
Ukraine insists on establishing a special UN mission to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the Chornobyl NPP (Pripyat), Zaporizhia NPP (Energodar), South Ukraine NPP (Yuzhnoukrains'k), Rivne NPP (Varash) and Khmelnitsky NPP (Netishyn). This mission should include establishing the facts and documenting all criminal actions by the Russian military for future international trials.