Ukraine urges EU to sanction nuclear energy in 17th anti-Russian package 

Ukraine is calling on the European Union (EU) to include nuclear energy into the 17th anti-Russian sanctions package, but Hungary will not allow this, stated Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, Report informs via foreign media.

Szijjarto made the announcement during a meeting with EU counterparts in Brussels.

The preparation of the 17th sanctions package is under discussion within the EU.

"The Ukrainian Foreign Minister has already demanded that this sanctions package also apply to nuclear energy. There is nothing new here; similar ideas have been raised in Brussels before," Szijjarto remarked.