Russian official accuses West of violating radiation safety agreements by supporting Ukraine

A senior Russian Foreign Ministry official has accused Western countries of violating international radiation safety agreements by supporting Ukrainian strikes on nuclear facilities, according to a report by Iran's Mehr News Agency.

Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large, said that by backing Ukraine's actions targeting nuclear facilities, Western nations are violating numerous international agreements that they themselves had previously signed, according to the report.

Miroshnik did not specify in the reported remarks which particular agreements he was referring to, nor did he detail the specific incidents involving strikes on nuclear facilities that prompted his comments.

The claim reflects continued rhetorical exchanges between Russia and Western governments over the conduct of the war in Ukraine, with both sides having repeatedly accused each other of endangering nuclear safety amid fighting near nuclear facilities in the country.

There was no immediate response from Western governments or Ukrainian officials to Miroshnik's specific accusations as reported by Mehr News, and it remains unclear whether the claim will be addressed in any formal diplomatic setting.