The G7 accused Moscow on Wednesday of “endangering” the Ukrainian region around the Zaporizhia power plant.
“We demand that Russia immediately return full control of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to its rightful sovereign owner, Ukraine.” In a statement released on Wednesday, the G7 called on Russia to return control of the site to Ukraine, AFP reports.
The group of the most industrialized countries in the #G7 Moscow accused of “endangering” the Ukrainian region around the nuclear power plant #Zaporizhia occupied by Russian troops and demanded that the plant be returned to Ukraine #AFP pic.twitter.com/WEUd1epPkT
– Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) August 10, 2022
“It is Russia’s continued control of the plant that is endangering the region”
“It is Russia’s continued control of the facility that is endangering the region,” continued Canada, France, the United States, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of bombing the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, last week.
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