Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar. File photoVIENNA, Aug 19The IAEA is actively consulting with all parties on sending a mission to the Zaporizhia NPP as soon as possible, said Agency Director General Rafael Grossi. safeguards at the facility.» He said the IAEA is actively consulting with all parties on its efforts to dispatch such a mission as soon as possible. As with the previous two IAEA missions to Ukraine during the conflict, this mission would have been led by Director General Grossi himself,» Grossi also welcomed statements by Russia and Ukraine in support of the agency's mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP.» The Director General also welcomed recent statements indicating that both Ukraine and Russia support the IAEA's intention to send a mission to the ZNPP «, the statement says. and the IAEA.
Air defense systems were strengthened in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP Earlier on Friday, the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that the IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP could take place in early September. Agence France Presse, citing the Elysee Palace, reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin In a conversation with French leader Emmanuel Macron, he agreed that the IAEA mission would come to the Zaporizhzhya NPP through the territory of Ukraine. Earlier, the official representative of the UN Secretary General, Stephane Dujarric, said that the organization was ready to facilitate the trip of IAEA experts to the Zaporozhye NPP through Kyiv, if Moscow and Kyiv authorities. The permanent representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, told RIA Novosti that Russia considers Kyiv’s attempts, contrary to security reasons, to insist on the implementation of the IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP through the contact line of the parties absolutely irresponsible. The ZNPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasized the justification for the Russian military to take under the protection of the power plant in terms of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials. The Ukrainian military continues to regularly shell Enerhodar, the surrounding villages and the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP adjacent to the city. ZNPP
