U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke of fears over a nuclear accident in Ukraine.
US 'deeply concerned' of Russian control of Ukrainian nuclear facilities, Blinken saysU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the tenth annual review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters on August 01, 2022 in New York City.
"And of course, the Ukrainians cannot and will not fire back, lest there be a terrible accident involving a nuclear plant," he said. Since then, Russia has reduced natural gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20% of capacity amid tensions over the war in Ukraine. It cited technical issues that Germany says are only an excuse for a political power play. Russia recently has accounted for about a third of Germany's gas supply, and there are concerns it could turn off the tap altogether.
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