The situation around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhya continues to cause great uncertainty. The International Atomic Energy Agency also called for swift action to prevent a potential nuclear accident resulting from another artillery shelling of the nuclear power plant on Tuesday. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for this. “We did not fire at the power plant,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in ORF’s “ZiB2”.
He also stressed that negotiations with the Kremlin would not begin until Ukraine’s full territorial integrity is at stake. “Russia must withdraw, period, that’s it, that’s that.” Also from Crimea, according to the Ukrainian foreign minister. It does not want to comment on possible concessions.
“The IAEA remains deeply concerned about the situation,” its chief Rafael Grossi wrote in his report on Tuesday. The situation is “unsustainable”. Artillery fired on the nuclear power plant again on Tuesday. There was also a power outage in the nearby town of Enerhodar. According to crew representative Vladimir Rogov, there were seven hits in the vicinity of the power plant’s training center.
There is an urgent need to establish a nuclear security zone around the nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces, Grossi continued. All parties to the conflict should agree on this in order to avoid further damage from hostilities and the release of radioactivity.
An IAEA team led by Grossi traveled to the power plant last week after months of negotiations and preparations.
Source: Krone
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