108  Warcrimes – nuclear

Abstract

You can argue about whether you should have nuclear power stations. You can’t argue about whether you should bomb them. Not even the Ukrainian ones!

Myth

• Ukraine shelled their own nuclear power plants
• Russian shelling was legitimate because Ukraine hided weapons in nuclear facilities
  
  

Truth

Russia illegally shelled and occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plants

The attack and seizure of nuclear infrastructure facilities, namely the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which took place on 24 February 2022 and 4 March 2022, is a direct violation of Article 56 of Protocol (I) to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 — Protection of Installations and Facilities Containing Dangerous Forces.