The Group of Seven Industrialized Nations has called on Russia to withdraw completely and immediately from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine and warned that continued Russian military control of Ukrainian nuclear facilities greatly increases the risk of a nuclear accident and public exposure. and neighboring countries at risk.

In a statement released by the German presidency, he stressed the need for “Ukrainian employees who operate the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to be able to carry out their duties without being threatened or pressured” and stressed the “sharp condemnation of the Russian military operation” calling on Moscow to “immediately withdraw their forces beyond the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”

Authorities in Moscow and Kyiv have been exchanging accusations of bombing nuclear facilities at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which Russia seized a few months ago, in the context of a military operation against Kyiv, but the Ukrainian company Energotom still oversees its operation.

The UN Security Council is scheduled to discuss on Thursday the explosion of the Zaporozhye station, Europe’s largest, at Russia’s request on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned of a “Chernobyl disaster”. The Ukrainian company Energotom, the operator of the station, announced today that “Russian forces are preparing to connect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.”