Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of bombing the nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, in recent days.
“Russia is ready to facilitates an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visit to Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant»Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna said today, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
Moscow and Kyiv they accuse each other of bombing in recent days the nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.
It is noted that last week, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed his strong concern about the bombing of the nuclear power plant of Zaporizhia in Ukraine saying that this action highlights the danger of a nuclear disaster.
“I am extremely concerned about yesterday’s bombing of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which highlights the very real risk of a nuclear disaster that could threaten public health and the environment in Ukraine and (regions) beyond.“, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in a statement.
Grossi called on all sides in the Ukrainian conflict to show “the utmost restraint” in the area of the nuclear plant.
Projectiles hit a high-voltage power line at the plant, forcing the operator to shut down a nuclear reactor despite the fact that no radioactive leak was detected. The nuclear plant was seized by Russian forces in early March, in the initial phase of the war, but continues to operate with Ukrainian technicians.
Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom blamed Russia for the damage to the plant, while the Russian Defense Ministry blamed Ukrainian forces for the bombing, saying a radioactive leak was avoided only by chance.
Rafael Grossi said that military operations that threaten the safety of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant “are absolutely unacceptable and must be avoided at all costs.”
“Any firepower directed to and from the station is tantamount to playing with fire, with potentially disastrous consequences.”
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