{"id":46900,"date":"2026-03-05T14:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/russias-attacks-on-ukraines-energy-sector-create-nuclear-risks-sybiha\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:32:28","slug":"russias-attacks-on-ukraines-energy-sector-create-nuclear-risks-sybiha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/war-in-ukraine\/russias-attacks-on-ukraines-energy-sector-create-nuclear-risks-sybiha\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia&apos;s attacks on Ukraine&apos;s energy sector create nuclear risks &#8211; Sybiha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has adopted a resolution recognizing the nuclear risks from Russian strikes on Ukraine&#039;s energy system. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha stated that these actions by Russia constitute nuclear terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2026%2F02%2F05%2F1770295656-4643-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"Russia&#039;s attacks on Ukraine&#039;s energy sector create nuclear risks - Sybiha\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recognized that Russia&#039;s systemic attacks on Ukraine&#039;s energy infrastructure pose a direct threat to nuclear safety. This was written on the social network &quot;X&quot; by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, as reported by UNN.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>According to him, the IAEA Board of Governors adopted a corresponding resolution recognizing the nuclear risks associated with strikes on Ukraine&#039;s energy system.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution recognizing the direct implications for nuclear safety and security due to Russia&#039;s systemic attacks on Ukraine&#039;s energy infrastructure<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sybiha reported.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The minister emphasized that Russian strikes on electrical substations that power nuclear facilities create a real threat of accidents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Attacks on substations that provide electricity to nuclear facilities are not just another series of strikes. This is a deliberate attempt to create conditions for a blackout and increase the risk of a nuclear incident<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; noted the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sybiha thanked the members of the IAEA Board of Governors for supporting the agency&#039;s monitoring and expert missions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that Russia&#039;s actions could be considered nuclear terrorism.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is nuclear terrorism. There can be no &quot;business as usual&quot; with Russia in nuclear energy as long as it creates unacceptable risks &#8211; through the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and constant strikes on the energy system that ensures the operation of nuclear safety systems<\/p>\n<p> &#8211; the minister emphasized.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Sybiha, Ukraine has repeatedly warned about the possible involvement of representatives of the Russian state energy sector, in particular &quot;Rosatom&quot;, in planning attacks on substations critical for powering Ukrainian nuclear power plants.<\/p>\n<p>The minister emphasized that the next step should be to strengthen Ukraine&#039;s air defense, increase pressure on Moscow, and impose sanctions against &quot;Rosatom.&quot; He stressed that all those involved in such actions must be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine condemns Iran&#039;s attack on Azerbaijan and calls for consolidated efforts05.03.26, 15:09 \u2022 1880 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has adopted a resolution recognizing the nuclear risks from Russian strikes on Ukraine&#039;s energy system. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha stated that these actions by Russia constitute nuclear terrorism. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recognized that Russia&#039;s systemic attacks on Ukraine&#039;s energy infrastructure pose a direct threat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-in-ukraine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}