After another Russian strike on the Chernobyl power plant earlier this month, Mr Plokhy has warned that a crisis at one of Ukraine’s nuclear power stations is becoming increasingly likely.
“We’re getting closer and closer to possible disaster as attacks now continue on Chernobyl, and the war is going on in the vicinity of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” he says.
Mr Plokhy believes sanctions on Rosatom - the Russian state energy cooperation which has been involved in the occupation of Zaporizhzhia power plant and whose boss last Wednesday said the site could supply electricity to Russian-occupied Crimea - should be “very seriously considered”.
Without a stronger stance against Russian aggression near Ukrainian nuclear power plants, disaster is looming ‘closer and closer’, says historian Serhii Plokhy.
Mr Plokhy explains its use as a shield for Russian forces from which they can attack the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia - in the knowledge that Ukraine wouldn’t risk major counter-strikes near the plant.
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