Today, Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called any attack on nuclear power plants a "suicidal" act, calling for a halt to military operations around the Zaporozhye plant in Ukraine so that the International Atomic Energy Agency can reach it.
"Any attack on nuclear power plants is suicidal," Guterres said during a press conference in Tokyo.
He added, "I hope that these attacks will end. At the same time, I hope that the International Atomic Energy Agency will be able to reach the" Zaporozhye station, which since Friday has witnessed bombing operations, which Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of.
In Zaporozhye, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, and one of the 10 largest nuclear power plants in the world, contains 6 nuclear reactors.
This nuclear plant was captured by Russian forces in the first phase of the war in early March, but it is still operated by Ukrainian technicians.
For a week now, the UN Secretary-General has continued to express his concern about the nuclear dangers to humanity.
On the other hand, Guterres touched on the Sino-US tension over Taiwan, describing the issue as "sensitive" and calling for "restraint and de-escalation."
"This is very important in the coming days," he said.
Yesterday, China concluded its largest-scale military maneuvers in the vicinity of Taiwan in response to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to this island, which exacerbated the tension in relations between Washington and Beijing, which have fallen to their lowest levels in years.