IAEA has announced that following discussions with the Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), the plant has taken action to ensure an immediate supply of back-up electricity in case its main external power line is lost.

The environmental campaign group, Greenpeace Germany, has warned that the military threat posed by the Russian presence at and near Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear plant (ZNPP)...

August marked one year since the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhya (ISAMZ).

In June 2023, the EU adopted its 11^th sanctions package against Russia after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.

In July 2023, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are continuing to closely monitor the situation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)...

The Belarusian ruler, Alexander Lukashenko, confirmed on 14 June that Russia was moving tactical nuclear warheads for deployment in Belarus.

Russia has deployed the first batch of missiles and hardware in Belarus as part of its plan to transfer some of its tactical nuclear weapons to the country...

CCDS participated in the European Peace Building Liaison Office (EPLO) meeting which was conducted in Brussels on June 13 – 14.  

As Ukraine is getting ready for a counteroffensive against Russia, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi... 

CCDS took part INMM/ESARDA meeting which was held in Vienna, Austria on May 22 – 26.

On May 11-12 CCDS conducted a conference for the US-Black Sea Nonproliferation Professional Exchange: Tbilisi Regional Forum. The conference was held for the US-Black Sea Nonproliferation Exchange participants, who have been involved in program’s various activities.

CCDS hosted a joint conference for Black Sea Women in Nuclear Leadership Group and U.S. -Black Sea Nonproliferation Professionals Exchange. The conference was held on May 10, at Hilton Garden Inn, Tbilisi. Attendees included nuclear, defense and security scholars, most of whom has participated in the abovementioned exchange initiatives.

The Civil Council on Defense and Security hosted a conference, “Peace and Security in the Context of New and Evolving Threats: Perspectives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia”. 

After Russia started an unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, the United States, along with an international coalition of more than 30 allies and partners, imposed comprehensive sanctions on Russia, including tightening export controls and other economic measures.

Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of the country’s Security Council, voiced yet another nuclear threat on 27 February... 

March 6, 2023, CCDS organized an online meeting of the project Peace and Security in the South Caucasus in the Context of New and Evolving Threats, which is supported by the GMF Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation and Implemented by the Civil Council on Defense and Security.

In his annual state of the nation speech delivered on 21 February 2023, Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of Russia’s participation in the new START treaty... 

CCDS has translated an article on the possible effects of a nuclear war. The article “Nowhere To Hide: How a nuclear war would kill you - and almost everyone else” by Francois Diaz-Maurin was published in the Bulletin of the Nuclear Scientists on 20 October 2022.

The IAEA team present at Ukraine’s Zaporizhya nuclear plant reported in late January that blasts had been heard near the facility almost daily for weeks.

In Autumn 2022 CCDS started its partnership with the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network (BSWN), which was established a year ago but has already achieved impressive results in reaching out and growing.