Russia-Ukraine (March 4): US, Allies Condemn Russia at UN Over Its Seizure of Ukraine Nuclear Plant

Russia-Ukraine (March 4): US, Allies Condemn Russia at UN Over Its Seizure of Ukraine Nuclear Plant
A general view of the U.N. Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 28, 2022. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
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US, Allies Condemn Russia at UN Over Its Seizure of Ukraine Nuclear Plant

The United States and its allies heavily criticized Russia on Friday at the United Nations over its shelling and seizure overnight in Ukraine of Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, and some demanded that Moscow not let such an attack happen again.

Many of the Security Council’s 15 envoys expressed “grave concern” and shock, warning against the possibility of a repeat of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster—a nuclear accident in Ukraine when it was part of the then-Soviet Union considered to be the worst in history.