00:00Thank you very much, dear leaders, your excellencies.
00:08Today I want to tell you about a day that has already passed and a day that must never
00:14come.
00:16On the night of March 4, 2022, I received one of the most terrifying reports in the
00:22beginning of a full-scale Russian invasion against Ukraine.
00:28The report was about Russian tanks firing directly at the buildings of our Ukrainian
00:34nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest one in Europe, six
00:42nuclear reactors.
00:44The Russian army stormed this facility just as brutally as any other during this war,
00:53without thinking about the consequences, possibly disasters.
00:59This was one of the most horrifying moments of the war, when no one could know how Russian
01:07strikes on the nuclear facility would end, and everyone in Ukraine was reminded of what
01:13Chernobyl means.
01:16Now the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant remains occupied by Russian forces.
01:23Unfortunately, and it's at risk of a nuclear incident.
01:29This is the major source of radiation danger in Europe, possibly in the world.
01:35That's why in the peace formula I presented, the first point is about nuclear safety.
01:43In Ukraine, we know exactly what we are dealing with.
01:48And I want to thank you, the General Assembly members, for adopting a resolution in July
01:53this year on the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
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