On the occasion of the one year anniversary of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, seven groups of hibakusha in Hiroshima Prefecture jointly issued a statement, strongly protesting Russia's display of its nuclear arsenal. He called for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
The statement was jointly announced by seven groups of A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture, and was read out at a press conference held in Hiroshima City.
In it, President Vladimir Putin of Russia stated that unilateral armed attacks and indiscriminate destruction would not be tolerated for any reason, and that Russia would display its nuclear arsenal and suspend the implementation of the nuclear disarmament treaty with the United States. He criticized the declaration that he would do so, and once again appealed for the abolition of nuclear weapons, citing the fact that former President Gorbachev once visited Hiroshima and wrote that "there is no winner in a nuclear war."
He also asked Prime Minister Kishida, as the chair of the G7 Summit, to play a role as a mediator for discussions on nuclear disarmament.
Tomoyuki Minomaki, chairman of the Hiroshima Prefectural Hidankyo, said, "President Putin has said that nuclear weapons will be used, but the damage will not be limited to one country. The hibakusha hope that this war will end. There is."
Kunihiko Sakuma, the chairman of another prefectural Hidankyo, said, "We will continue our movement to 'not use nuclear weapons,' and Japan must take the lead in peace."