An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has left Zaporizhia in Ukraine and is heading to the nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar, despite reports of heavy shelling there.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said he had been informed of “increased military activity in the area” but added that he would not change his plans to visit the nuclear plant and meet with its staff.
However, the Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of bombing Enerhodar today, specifically along the road that the International Organization’s mission will follow.
“The Russians are conducting artillery strikes against the route the IAEA mission will take to get to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant,” which is in Russian hands, the city’s exiled mayor Dmytro Orlov complained on Telegram.
He estimated that the mission cannot “continue its way” to the station “for security reasons”.
“We demand that Russia stop the provocations and allow the IAEA access to this Ukrainian nuclear facility,” Orlov stressed.
Already at dawn, the Russians “opened fire on Enerhodar with mortars, automatic weapons and rocket launchers,” Orlov had reported in Telegram. His post was accompanied by photos of damaged buildings and plumes of black smoke.
SOURCE: APE-ME
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