IAEA confirms Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector pose direct nuclear threat - FM Sybiha
This was reported by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha on social media X, according to Ukrinform.
"Today in Vienna, the IAEA Board of Governors held an extraordinary meeting on nuclear safety risks caused by Russia’s systematic attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Rafael Grossi clearly confirmed that such attacks fall within the IAEA mandate and pose direct nuclear risks," the head of Ukrainian diplomacy said.
He stressed that Russia will not escape responsibility: Ukraine will continue to build a systematic legal and political response, including initiating amendments to the IAEA Statute to restrict the rights of an aggressor state.
Sybiha thanked the Netherlands, Canada, Lithuania, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Romania, Portugal, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan for supporting Ukraine and facilitating this meeting.
As reported by Ukrinform, energy workers reconnected the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine's unified energy system after Russian shelling on January 20.
