UN Security Council condemns attack on UAE nuclear plant

Key points

• Russia joined other UN Security Council members on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) to condemn the drone strike on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear power plant, which Abu Dhabi said originated from Iraq where pro-Iranian proxies are active.
• The unclaimed drone struck an electrical generator on Sunday (May 17, 2026) near the Arab world’s first nuclear power plant in Barakah in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, triggering a fire but causing no injuries nor radiation leak.
• “Attacks targeting peaceful nuclear facilities in any country of the world...are categorically unacceptable,” said Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzya.
• “Against this backdrop, our country categorically condemns the actions of those who carried out the strike targeting the plant on the territory of the UAE, thereby generating risks of escalation,” he continued without naming any party.
• “We trust that all stakeholders will do everything necessary to avoid a recurrence of such a dangerous incident,” he...