Russia became the first country in the world to use a nuclear power plant for nuclear terror. Ukraine will insist on new sanctions against the aggressor who decided to shell the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during an evening address.

“Russian terrorists became the first in the world to use a nuclear power plant for terror. The largest in Europe! We will draw the attention of the world to this and we will insist on new sanctions for Russia for creating such a global threat,” he said..

The President also reproached world organizations for inaction and silent observation of the activities of the blackmailer.. In particular, human rights activists Amnesty International, who recently published a controversial report that indirectly calls into question the right of Ukrainians to protection.

“Despite the fact that Russian shelling of a nuclear power plant is one of the most dangerous crimes against Ukrainians and all Europeans, against the right to life of every person, for some reason there is no report or even a simple message from Amnesty International about this.. Very eloquent silence,” he stressed..

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The day before, the Russian invaders fired twice at the industrial site of the nuclear power plant, damaging the high-voltage line of the autotransformer, the nitrogen-oxygen station? and joint auxiliary building. After the shelling, it was necessary to unload and turn off the fourth power unit.

The occupiers are purposefully destroying the station’s connections with the Ukrainian energy system in order to connect the nuclear power plant to the Russian one and leave the south of Ukraine without electricity, Energoatom explained.

The head of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, called unacceptable hostilities near and directly on the territory of the nuclear power plant, the organization is ready to send a security mission, but the consent of Ukraine and the Russian Federation is needed.