Zelensky: It is the West's weakness that Russian nuclear industry is still not under sanctions
Putin is the only terrorist in the world who has taken a nuclear power plant hostage, President says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday condemned the failure of Western allies to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear industry.
In a special address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelenskiy said that President Vladimir Putin had shown himself to be a terrorist after Russian troops seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in 2022.
"It is a clear weakness of the West that the Russian nuclear industry is still not under global sanctions, although Putin is the only terrorist in the world who has taken a nuclear power plant hostage," Zelensky said.
Tensions around the Zaporizhzhia NPP have persisted throughout the war, with Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of threatening the safety of the plant during missile strikes on the facility.
Although the European Union has largely divested itself of Russian fossil fuels, it has found it harder to shake ties with the country's civilian nuclear industry, which is a key source of energy for several Eastern European countries.
Background. Meanwhile, it was reported that the US Congress has taken the first step toward banning uranium imports from Russia.
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