Blinken made the pronouncement after the US Embassy in Ukraine said on Twitter: “It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant. Putin’s shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further.”
The Russian military hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Thursday night.
The tweet included “#TheHague,” a hashtag referring to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
“Ours is a defensive alliance. We seek no conflict. But if conflict comes to us, we are ready for it, and we will defend every inch of NATO territory,” ” Blinken said.
After his statement, the Secretary of State attended a Brussels meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.
Stoltenberg had made similar comments, warning that while NATO is a defensive organization, it won’t hesitate to defend allied states.
