Zaporizhzhya Protection Project

Uniting Nations

In this episode of Uniting Nations, John Reuwer from World BEYOND War shares an example of UCP at work in one of the deadliest, most violent conflicts in the world today: the war in Ukraine. While NATO and independent governments continue to increase military aid to both sides, the Zaporizhzhya Protection Project is endeavoring to end the war from an entirely different angle, that is, by training volunteers to support the UN’s efforts to ensure that the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant remains undisturbed by the conflict.

The danger posed by the power plant is enormous – even a small misstep, one missile misfired could lead to a global disaster. And the potential devastation the world faces given a war between two nuclear powers cannot be overestimated. Increasing the availability of arms to either side is a move in the wrong direction. Einstein famously said that ‘no problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.’ The use of nonviolent tactics – like UCP used by the Zaporizhzhya Protection Project – is a move to a higher level of consciousness. And it is one that has been proven, time and again, to work.