Russia is not slowing down its military industry – only we are reducing its pace through our Ukrainian long-range sanctions. We are also working actively with partners to ensure they use every possible method to cut off supplies of components and machine tools for weapons production in Russia. But strategically, this must be the objective – our own ballistic missile defense system.

Decades after the Chornobyl disaster, Russia has turned the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant into a territory of war, and partner countries must constrain its force for the sake of global security. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this at the Chornobyl International Conference on Nuclear Safety and Recovery.

It is important that the world does not follow Russia’s lies about this war – and about everything Russia is doing against Ukraine and Europe. Every Russian strike now proves that there can be no cooperation with Russia until it decides to end this war and move to diplomacy.

The Head of State thanked the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for its support of Ukraine and noted Odile Renaud-Basso’s participation in the Chornobyl International Conference on Nuclear Safety and Recovery.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented state awards to the liquidators of the accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and those who addressed the consequences of last year’s Russian drone strike on the confinement, as well as to plant personnel who ensured its operation during the occupation in 2022.

​The heads of state placed memorial candles at the monument to the Heroes of Chornobyl, located at the plant near the power unit where the explosion occurred in 1986.

At the National Chornobyl Museum, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.