Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on G7 and EU countries to consider new sanctions against Russia after the Kakhovka HPP explosion

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appealed to the Group of Seven countries and the European Union to urgently consider imposing new far-reaching sanctions on Russia, particularly the Russian missile and nuclear industries.

"We consider the Russian Federation's detonation of the dam of the KHPP as a terrorist act against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, which aims to cause as many civilian casualties and destruction as possible," the ministry says in a statement. 

"The explosion of the dam of the Kakhovka HPP is an ecological and technological act of terrorism, the biggest technological disaster in Europe in recent decades, yet another example of Russia's genocide against Ukrainians."

The Ministry emphasises that due to the lowering of the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir, there may be a risk of an incident at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

"Russia will have to compensate for all the consequences of its crime: for people, infrastructure, and the environment," the ministry says.