The shadow of nuclear war has appeared over the world again.
According to Tass, “Antonio Guterres”, the Secretary General of the United Nations, during the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the American army, issued a statement and expressed concern about the increase in nuclear threats in the international system and said: “Now that some countries are threatening to use They make nuclear weapons, the shadow of nuclear war has appeared over the world again.”
In this connection, Guterres added: “The drum of nuclear war has been beaten once again. Distrust and division are increasing. The shadow of the nuclear confrontation that existed over the Cold War has reappeared, and some countries recklessly rattle nuclear swords again and threaten to use these tools.
Guterres also called for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. He noted that “eliminating nuclear weapons remains the highest disarmament priority of the United Nations.” The senior UN official added: “The only way to eliminate the nuclear threat is to completely eliminate nuclear weapons.” He concluded: “We will not rest until the nuclear shadow is removed once and for all.”
The United States armed forces carried out the first atomic bombing in history at the end of World War II and attacked the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the war. These bombings were justified as a way to hasten the surrender of the Japanese Empire. These attacks are the only example of the use of nuclear weapons in a military conflict in the history of mankind.
According to various estimates, the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima killed between 70 and 100 thousand people in one day. Also, until the end of 1945, the number of victims of the nuclear attack increased to 140,000 people due to the hospitalization of some injured people due to injuries and radiation from the Hiroshima nuclear bombs. Every year, the tragic list of survivors of the Hiroshima atomic attack is completed with the death of a survivor. Over the past year, approximately 5,000 new names have been added to this list. In addition, the names of people who died in the blast but whose deaths have not been confirmed so far have been added to this list. Currently, the total number of victims has exceeded 350,000.
On the other hand, less than two months ago, US President Joe Biden, in response to the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons if necessary are a real threat and should be met. took it seriously.
He said: When I became president two years ago, I said that I was worried about the drying up of the Colorado River, and everyone looked at me like I was crazy. Even now, when I said about the possibility of Putin using nuclear weapons, they treated me the same way; This threat (Putin) is real.
This threat by Joe Biden comes while the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Friday, in response to the deployment of Russia’s first shipment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, that there are no signs of Russia’s intention and decision to use nuclear weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday that Russia’s first shipment of tactical nuclear warheads had been deployed on Belarusian soil.
