Boris Johnson warns of nuclear disaster risk after Ukrainian power plant shelled

In a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday evening, the Prime Minister described the crisis in Ukraine as “the worst war on our continent for a long time”

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meeting NATO troops after a press conference at the Tapa Army Base in Tallinn, Estonia. Picture date: Tuesday March 1, 2022.

Boris Johnson has warned of the “risk” of nuclear disaster in Europe following the Russian shelling of a Ukrainian power plant, as he said the world is “turning its back” on Vladimir Putin.

In an interview with foreign newspapers, the British Prime Minister described the moment he was woken in the middle of the night to the news of the attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site, the likes of which he said were “clearly a matter of our common European health and safety”.