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Updated · POLITICO Europe · Aug 17
Ukraine Urges EU Sanctions on Rosatom After Safety Allegations at 1 Flagship Project
Updated
Updated · POLITICO Europe · Aug 17

Ukraine Urges EU Sanctions on Rosatom After Safety Allegations at 1 Flagship Project

3 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · Aug 17

Summary

  • Hours after a POLITICO investigation detailed alleged safety and engineering failures at a Rosatom flagship project, Ukraine called on the EU to restart sanctions talks against the Russian state nuclear company.
  • Andrii Sybiha said the findings showed Rosatom was “not a reliable partner” and cast the company as a tool of Russia’s push for a global nuclear monopoly.
  • Ukraine also tied the sanctions appeal to the war, with Sybiha saying no state should do nuclear business with a company “complicit in war crimes.”

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