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2024-04-06 14:07:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 54C15FD5A7A2A61B089D365082F8B8353B863DCD77DEF884DEBD485F39E79C54
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Russia has stationed troops, military equipment, and explosives at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant since occupying it in March 2022. https://t.me/osintbees/7917 This is in breach of Article 56 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1979. https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2022/10/18/protection-nuclear-power-plants-armed-conflict/ Further Context: https://www.ilo.org/budapest/whats-new/WCMS_883658/lang--en/index.htm https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-army-turns-ukraines-largest-nuclear-plant-into-a-military-base-11657035694 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/ukraine-russias-military-activities-at-nuclear-plant-risk-safety-in-region/ https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-forces-anti-personnel-mines-near-ukraine-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-iaea-warns/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-forces-dig-ukrainian-nuclear-plant-witnesses-say-2023-05-19/
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