UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called Russia’s actions around Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant “the height of…
Russia was previously accused of firing shells dangerously close to the Zaporizhzhia plant in March as its forces took it over in the first weeks of the invasion of Ukraine.
“Of course the Ukrainians cannot fire back lest there be a terrible accident involving the nuclear plant,” he said.The Russian mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Blinken’s remarks.Article content At the talks on Monday, Ukraine’s deputy foreign affairs minister Mykola Tochytskyi said “robust joint actions are needed to prevent nuclear disaster” and called for the international community to “close the sky” over Ukraine’s nuclear power plants with air defense systems.
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