Estonian foreign minister responds to Russian strike on Ukraine’s nuclear waste storage facility

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna has commented on Russia’s strike on the Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility building in Kyiv Oblast.

Source: Tsakhna on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: Tsakhna emphasised that Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities and its deliberate use of energy as a weapon constitute a conscious risk to nuclear safety, bringing Europe closer to a new catastrophe.

Quote: “This level of Kremlin recklessness cannot go unanswered. It demands consequences in the strongest possible terms. No state can be permitted to play roulette with global nuclear security.”

Background:

On the night of 6-7 June, Russian forces attacked the building of the Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in Kyiv Oblast.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on the world to respond to Russia’s strike on the Centralised Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility.