Ukraine called for the suspension of the membership of the aggressor country of russia in the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and also initiated amendments to the IAEA Statute to restrict the rights of the aggressor state. This was announced by Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal on Friday, January 30.
Shmyhal emphasized that a state that deliberately undermines nuclear safety cannot fully participate in the main political body of the Agency. According to him, the russian federation systematically and purposefully attacked electrical substations that provide external power supply to Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
"We particularly focused on the situation with the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, which has completely lost external power supply 12 times since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. We called on the member states to introduce comprehensive sanctions against Rosatom and limit cooperation with this company in all possible areas. We raised the issue of suspending russia's membership in the IAEA Board of Governors, and also discussed the intention to initiate amendments to the IAEA Statute in order to limit the rights of the aggressor state," the Minister of Energy emphasized.
Photo: telegram/Denys_Smyhal
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on January 20, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi stated that the Chornobyl nuclear power plant had completely lost external power supply. Power lines to other Ukrainian nuclear power plants were also damaged due to shelling.
On January 19, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said that the aggressor country of russia is preparing another massive attack against energy infrastructure, with possible strikes on facilities and networks serving Ukraine's nuclear power plants.
On the night of January 20, a massive attack was launched on Kyiv and a number of regions of Ukraine. Due to russian shelling, there are power and water outages on the left bank of Kyiv.
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