(Reuters) -Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denounced on Friday what it described as Russian attacks on substations critical to supplying external power for Ukraine’s nuclear power stations.

Russia has carried out “targeted strikes on such substations”, a ministry statement issued late on Friday said.

“Deliberate strikes on civilian energy facilities that directly affect the safe operation of nuclear installations bear the hallmarks of nuclear terrorism and constitute a grave violation of international humanitarian law,” it added.

The ministry referred to a statement issued on Thursday by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, reporting military activity “that has led to damage to substations critical to nuclear safety and security in Ukraine”.

The IAEA statement

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