The UN Secretary General,
Antonio Guterres
, asked, in a press conference in Tokyo, to
suspend all "suicidal" military operations at nuclear power plants and in particular around that of Zaporizhia, Ukraine
, so that the International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) can access it.
"Any attack on nuclear power plants is suicidal," he said.
"I hope that these attacks will end. At the same time, I hope that the IAEA will have access to the Zaporizhzhia power plant", the largest in Europe, the scene of bombings since last Friday which the Russian and Ukrainian belligerents have accused each other of.
Guterres also fears that the events taking place in Ukraine could turn into a protracted conflict.
The UN secretary general said he was "very concerned" about the possibility of a "protracted" conflict, "which is causing enormous suffering and is having a very negative impact on the global economy."
"The difficult thing for a ceasefire comes from the simple fact that" it is not possible to reconcile the positions "