The Russian Federation signed (14 September 2005) and ratified (29 January 2007) the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism of 13 April 2005 (hereinafter the Convention), which primarily states that "the activities of armed forces […] which are governed by international law beyond this Convention and that the exclusion of certain acts from the scope of application of this Convention shall not be interpreted as condoning or making lawful otherwise unlawful acts, or precluding prosecution under other laws”.

Therefore, it is worth recalling two norms of international law that expressly prohibit the use of the armed forces of any state to attack and seize nuclear power plants.

Thus, the UN and the IAEA have every reason to open an investigation into Russia's actions at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, as well as to exclude the aggressor from the IAEA membership.