G7 on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: "Russian actions increase risk of a nuclear accident and threaten Ukraine, neighboring states and international community"

This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany.

"The G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group remains profoundly concerned by the serious threat the continued control of Ukrainian nuclear facilities by Russian armed forces pose to the safety and security of these facilities. These actions significantly raise the risk of a nuclear accident or incident and endanger the population of Ukraine, neighbouring states, and the international community," the message reads.

The Big Seven believe that the Russian army should leave the ZNPP and Ukraine as a whole.

"The Russian Federation must immediately withdraw its troops from within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders and respect Ukraine’s territory and sovereignty. We reaffirm that the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and the electricity that it produces rightly belong to Ukraine and stress that attempts by Russia to disconnect the plant from the Ukrainian power grid would be unacceptable," the agency added.

The G7 called on the occupiers to provide "IAEA personnel with timely, safe and unhindered access to all nuclear facilities on the territory of Ukraine, as well as the opportunity to communicate directly with the personnel responsible for the operation of these facilities. The facilities themselves must be able to function without threats and  pressure".