Boris Johnson: "Putin's recklessness threatens the safety of all of Europe"
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "reckless" actions could "directly threaten the safety of all of Europe."
Johnson's comments came after Russian forces bombed the vicinity of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant in central Ukraine tonight.
"The Prime Minister has said that President Putin's reckless actions can now threaten the safety of all of Europe," Downing Street said in a statement.
He indicated that Johnson would seek to have the UN Security Council hold an emergency meeting within the coming hours to discuss this issue.
And the Ukrainian emergency services announced, on Friday, that the Russian forces prevented firefighting teams from reaching the Zaporizhia nuclear plant in central Ukraine and the largest in Europe, to extinguish the fire that broke out in one of its training headquarters after Russian bombing.
The emergency services said in a statement on Facebook that "the invaders are not allowing the Ukrainian General Rescue Units to start extinguishing the fire," noting that the fire broke out in a "training building" at the station, and that one of its six reactors was currently operating.
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