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It also said it wanted the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of
governors to discuss the incident and demanded new international
sanctions on Russia, and in particular on the Russian missile
industry and nuclear sector.
Ukrainian and Russian officials blamed each other for Tuesday's
breach of the Russian-controlled dam, which prompted the
evacuation of people living in the vicinity of the dam.
"We consider the Russian Federation's detonation of the dam...a
terrorist act against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, which
aims to cause as many civilian casualties and (as much)
destruction as possible," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in a
statement.
"The terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP (hydroelectric power
plant) was previously intensely discussed at the level of the
occupation forces in the Kherson region (of southern Ukraine)
and propagandists on Russian television, which indicates that it
was planned in advance."
The ministry urged the international community to condemn Russia
over the incident and said Moscow should pay compensation for
the consequences.
"We also appeal to the countries of the Group of Seven and the
EU to urgently consider the imposition of new far-reaching
sanctions on the Russian Federation, in particular related to
the Russian missile industry and the nuclear sector," it said.
It said a list of actions drawn up by the ministry "includes the
convening by Ukraine of an urgent meeting of the UN Security
Council and bringing the issue of the Russian terrorist attack
to the meeting of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Board of Governors".
It also called for the European Union's Civil Protection
Mechanism to be engaged. A country can request assistance
through the mechanism when facing an emergency.
(Reporting by Olena Harmash, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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