Kyiv. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 27.Oleg Kornilov, head of the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine, denied information about the presence in the country, including at the Zaporozhye NPP, of stocks of plutonium and enriched uranium suitable for the production of nuclear weapons. Earlier, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that at the Zaporozhye NPP, which is military, 30 tons of plutonium and 40 tons of enriched uranium are stored. to the head of the IAEA, published in the State Nuclear Regulatory Telegram channel. He recalled that in pursuance of the communique of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit in 2010, Ukraine got rid of all highly enriched uranium. Earlier it was reported that the IAEA was negotiating with Ukraine and Russia on the admission cialists to the Zaporozhye NPP. The Russian Foreign Ministry at the end of April denied reports in the Western media about alleged «damage» to Ukrainian nuclear facilities. They also reported that Russian military personnel are monitoring the situation at the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants together with Ukrainian security and plant personnel. . America announced a new threatRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
