Four years ago, Russia attacked and occupied the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

Russia turned it into a military base, disrupted its normal operations, damaged infrastructure, detained plant employees, and restricted access for experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency to critical areas of the plant, making a full and objective safety assessment impossible.

Four years of illegal control pose a direct threat to global nuclear security. For the first time in history, a civilian nuclear facility of this scale is being operated not by its lawful operator, but by an aggressor state.

The only path to restoring safety is the full and immediate withdrawal of Russian military forces and personnel from the plant, its return to Ukraine’s control, the release of all unlawfully detained individuals, and increased international pressure, including sanctions against Rosatom. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was and remains a Ukrainian facility. Its return is not only a matter of Ukraine’s sovereignty, but of global security.