Until recently experts have questioned the credibility of nuclear threats Russia has made against Ukraine and the West over the past years.

Since 2022, when Russia launched its full-scale, illegal aggression into Ukraine, the Russian president and other high-ranking officials have more than once voiced threats of the use of nuclear weapons.

On 18 April, IAEA was informed about an attempted drone attack on the training centre of Ukraine’s Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

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...

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

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... 

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.

This report is based of the article by Darya Dolzikova, Daniel Salisbury, “Triple threat: Russia, Iran, and North Korea trade arms to get around sanctions”.

In December 2022, debates continued about what NATO’s role should be in Ukraine where Russia is waging a war.

In late November, Ukraine’s all four operational nuclear plants, including the largest Zaporizhya plant, regained connection to the national power grid following a loss of external power earlier, IAEA reported.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on 23 October that Ukraine was planning to use the so-called dirty bomb - an explosive device laced with radioactive material - in order to later accuse Moscow of applying weapons of mass destruction.

Russia continues waging unprovoked and unjustified war against the sovereign state of Ukraine in September and October 2022, with Russian president making renewed threats of use of nuclear weapons.