Ukraine, in connection with the seizure of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant by Russian invaders, expects decisive action from international partners to ensure the common security of the European continent, the Energy Ministry has said.

"The occupiers have been holding the personnel of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant for the second day already, not allowing rotation, as provided for by the technical safety rules. The capture of the plant and the conduct of any military operations there are fraught with a repetition of the second Chornobyl disaster, from which Europe is still recovering," the Ministry of Energy reported on Facebook on Friday.

At the same time, the ministry said that all responsibility for nuclear and radiation safety, the state of facilities and the further development of the situation in the exclusion zone lies with the invaders - the military of the Russian Federation.

"This is one of the most serious threats to Europe today, since any provocations by the invaders at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant during a hybrid war could turn into another planetary environmental disaster," the Ministry of Energy said.

However, it indicated with reference to acting General Director of SSE Chornobyl NPP Valeriy Seidu that in the Exclusion Zone the new safe confinement over the Shelter facility, power units No. 1 and 2 the are taken control by invaders.