The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is said to be occupied by 500 to 600 people from the Russian National Guard. This is the conclusion of the British consultancy firm McKenzie Intelligence Services, which analyzed satellite images. It was said that the soldiers were mainly equipped with wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (see video above).
The research was conducted on behalf of Greenpeace Germany. The Ukrainian Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in the city of Enerhodar and its surroundings was observed between March 15, 2022 and July 5, 2023. The military analysts concluded that about 500 to 600 soldiers would occupy the plant. There are also military trucks on site that can be used, among other things, for the transport of weapons, ammunition, explosives and troops.
Not a serious IAEA mission?
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team should not have inspected the interior of the vehicles, but still reported seeing no heavy weapons or explosives, Greenpeace criticized. According to the new study, Russia’s use of mobile missile launchers within a radius of one to 18 kilometers around the nuclear power plant has been proven. “The activities observed during the investigation period suggest that an unsafe situation still exists at the power plant,” the study authors said.
“The reports of the Director General of the IAEA (Rafael Grossi, note) lack serious analysis and give too much credence to Russian military claims,” the NGO Greenpeace criticized on Thursday. “Greenpeace calls on the governments represented on the IAEA Governing Body to review the scope and tasks of the mission. In addition, work should be carried out together with the IAEA Member States, in particular Ukraine, on measures to exert maximum pressure on the Russian Armed Forces and Rosatom (operator, note) in the power plant and to put an end to the current military occupation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. power plant.
The team would have consisted of four people during the inspections and would have had only limited access. The IAEA has not yet responded to the criticism. Director General Grossi only pointed out in September the importance of the presence for a stable situation.
Source: Krone
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