Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, asserts that IAEA experts “know that it was the Ukrainian side who fired at the Zaporozhye plant.”
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The IAEA report on the Zaporozhye plant avoids naming the person responsible for threatening its security
Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said today, Wednesday, that the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency “know that it was the Ukrainian side that fired on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, but they might not declare this.”
“The agency’s report evades naming those responsible for endangering the nuclear safety of the plant,” Ulyanov noted on “Russia 24” channel.
“The main flaw in the report is that the agency has completely shied away from naming those responsible for threats to nuclear safety at this plant, even though IAEA staff, with their visit to the plant, now have two people there who will rotate until the end of September,” Ulyanov said. They should know that the Ukrainians are the ones shooting.”
He concluded, “It appears that the agency cannot allow itself to announce this.”
AndThe International Atomic Energy Agency published on Tuesdaya report in which she spoke regarding the findings of her mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear plant, which has been subjected to repeated and deliberate Ukrainian bombing for more than a month.
The report stressed “the necessity of stopping the bombing of the plant’s buildings and its surroundings in order to preserve the physical integrity of the nuclear plant’s structure,” noting that “the bombing of the Zaporozhye nuclear plant may lead to the destruction of important equipment and the unlimited leakage of radioactive materials.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency recommended “immediately stop the bombing of the site and around it, in order to avoid further damage to the plant and associated facilities, to ensure the safety of workers, to preserve the physical integrity (of the plant) and to ensure safe and reliable operation.”
Commenting on the statement, a member of the Zaporozhye Region Board of Directors, Vladimir Rogov, announced today, Tuesday, that Russia has established a safe zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, noting, at the same time, that “the threats to the plant are come from Kyiv system“.
The bombing of Zaporozhye continues.. Grossi warns of a catastrophe
AndThe head of the city administration of Energodar, Alexander Volga . announcedYesterday, Tuesday, the Ukrainian bombardment “led to the destruction of the diesel tank, which led to the leakage of fuel into the canal that supplies water to the station, and experts are currently studying the scene of the accident in order to take the necessary measures.”
Moscow also announced that “Kyiv bombed the city of Energodar and the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye 15 times during the day, and 20 shells were fired from the residential district of Margins in the Dnipropetrovsk region, including 3 shells on the territory of the nuclear power plant, and the shelling was repelled.”
She added that “one of the shells hit the roof of the private building No. 1, and the second and third targeted an area close to the power unit No. 2.”
AndDescription of the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael GrossiYesterday, Tuesday, the attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant were considered “unacceptable”.
“Unfortunately, this happened, and it continues to happen,” he said during a Security Council session. “The attacks and strikes once morest this facility, which I myself have been able to see and assess personally, are unacceptable. We are playing with fire, and something very catastrophic might happen.”
AndA delegation, headed by the Director of the Agency, Grossi, visitedNuclear power plant, last week. Staff of the station and “Rosatom” walked through its territory, showing the areas affected by the bombing of Ukrainian forces.
And she was Russian Ministry of Defense Last Saturday, it announced that it had thwarted an attempt by the Ukrainian forces to take down its elements and seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which resulted in the killing of 47 Ukrainian militants.