The day of remembrance for the victims of the world's first nuclear attack comes at a time when Russian officials have spoken about the use of nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine. Western authorities have said there is no evidence that Russia was preparing such an attack
Japan marked the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, where the mayor called for the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the G7 leaders' notion of "nuclear deterrence" "nonsense".
On Sunday, the peace bell rang at 8.15:50.000 a.m., when the bomb was dropped. Around 30 attendees of the outdoor memorial ceremony, including elderly survivors, held a moment of silence in summer heat that reached XNUMXC.
The day of remembrance for the victims of the world's first nuclear attack comes at a time when Russian officials have spoken about the use of nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine. Western authorities have said there is no evidence that Russia was preparing such an attack.
"Leaders around the world must face the reality that the nuclear threats now being made by certain policy makers reveal the folly of the theory of nuclear deterrence," said Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed his support. "World leaders visited this city, saw its monuments, spoke with the brave survivors and came away encouraged to stand up for the cause of nuclear disarmament," he said in comments read by a UN representative.
"More of them should do that, because the drums of nuclear war are beating again."
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, nicknamed Little Boy, killed thousands immediately and an estimated 140.000 by the end of the year. Japan surrendered on August 15.
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