United States warned Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov against escalation war held by Moscow in Ukraine and asked Russia to stop hostilities in major nuclear power plant her Europe or close to it during a meeting last week, a spokesman said State Department.

Antonov arrived at the ministry on August 18, and the U.S. urged Russia to “cease all military operations at or near Ukraine’s nuclear facilities and return full control of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to Ukraine,” the spokesman said in a statement. sent by email.

The Western powers are asking for “restraint”.

It is noted that the leaders of the United States, France, Germany and Great Britain called yesterday on Sunday for “restraint” in the area of ​​Zaporozhye railway station.

Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Boris Johnson also urged a team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to be dispatched “quickly” to the site in their telephone conversation, according to the spokesman. Solts.

The resumption of hostilities around the nuclear plant, with Russia and Ukraine blaming each other, raises fears of a nuclear catastrophe worse than Chernobyl.

On Friday, the French president announced that Vladimir Putin had given his consent to an inspection of the IAEA station.

During yesterday’s contacts, the four Western leaders “also agreed that they will continue to support Ukraine in defense against Russian aggression.”

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}