The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the director of the Russian Atomic Energy Agency met today to discuss an inspection of Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhia, which has been bombed several times. The director general of the UN agency Rafael Grossi, the head of Rosatom, Alexei Likhatsov, and the […]
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Reuters: Zaporizhia nuclear plant employees arrested
Two employees of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear plant have been arrested for passing on information to Ukrainian authorities, the Russian National Guard and a local official said today, Reuters reports. In a statement, the Russian National Guard said it prevented what it called “illegal actions” that threatened the security of the plant and arrested the two […]
Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other for the attacks around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in the U.S. of the UN
Russia and Ukraine once again accused each other at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday of endangering the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, while an official of the organization called on them to stop all military activity around it. “Ukrainian armed forces continue to shell the site of the nuclear power plant practically every day, […]
The Foreign Ministers of Russia and France discussed the possibility of inspecting the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
The head of the Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, referred today, in the conversation he had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Catherine Colonna, to the possible visit of the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. In the telephone conversation the two ministers had, they “discussed […]
Ukraine: The residents of Zaporizhia express their anxiety over a possible blow to the nuclear power plant
Residents of the Zaporizhia region, who live near the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, are worried about the catastrophic consequences of a possible blow to its facilities. Ukraine and Russia have repeatedly blamed each other for attacks on the nuclear power plant, located near the town of Enerhodar, which is now controlled by pro-Russian […]
Russia: State Duma Council to hold emergency meeting on Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
LAST UPDATE: 18:26 Russia’s parliament has announced it will hold a special session on Thursday to discuss the situation surrounding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine. In the official announcement, released by the parliament today, it is stated that the meeting of the Council of the State Duma (lower house) will take place […]
Guterres: Russia should not disconnect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian grid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today asked Russia not to disconnect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which it controls, from the Ukrainian grid, as Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of dangerous shelling of the plant site. “Of course, Zaporizhia electricity is Ukrainian electricity (…) this principle must be fully respected,” Guterres said during a press […]
Kyiv: Russia to conduct ‘large-scale provocation’ in Zaporizhia
Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power company, announced today that Russian forces plan to shut down active power units at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and disconnect them from the Ukrainian power grid. In a statement issued, Energoatom notes that it believes that Russia, which has placed under its control the nuclear plant located in southern […]
Erdogan will discuss Zaporizhia plant issue with Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today he would discuss the Zaporizhia nuclear plant issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a transcript of the interview cited by Reuters. Zelensky said Russia should remove all mines in the area, Erdogan said in an interview with reporters on […]
Guterres is deeply concerned about the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres did not hide his strong concern for safety at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, speaking to reporters after concluding a tripartite meeting with the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey in the city of Lviv. He stressed that a military strike on the nuclear plant would be tantamount to “suicide” and repeated […]
