Go to the media bankDelegates of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Aug 3The shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP by Ukrainian troops is a planned provocation, the purpose of which is to intimidate the IAEA mission and accuse Russia of being unable to ensure security at the nuclear plant, Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, told RIA Novosti. Earlier, Rogov said that Ukrainian troops resumed shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP. An “arrival” was recorded between the second and third blocks, the Dnieper power line was interrupted, the station was transferred to power supply for its own needs. Later, a missile strike was also carried out in the vicinity of Energodar, located nearby. «The Kyiv authorities, confident in their impunity, are pursuing the goal of intimidating the IAEA mission and preventing its representatives from fully familiarizing themselves with the state of affairs at the nuclear power plant. The shelling of the nuclear power plant is a planned provocation of Kyiv, in order to then blame Russia for everything and declare its inability to ensure security at the facility,» Rogov said. According to him, Kyiv understands that the results of the mission's visit will be extremely inconvenient for them, because they will have to justify themselves to the entire international community for experiments on station when it was under the control of Ukraine, as well as incessant terrorist attacks and shelling. «The Kyiv regime is deliberately escalating the situation on the eve of the UN Security Council meeting on the situation around the nuclear power plant, which will be held on September 6,» Rogov said. At the same time, according to him, shelling Ukrainian troops of the Zaporizhzhya NPP have now ceased, nuclear The plant is operating normally, there are no power outages in the region. An IAEA mission headed by the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi, arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP on Thursday. The head of the Rosatom delegation and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP led an IAEA delegation through its territory and showed the sections of the station that were damaged by the shelling of Ukrainian troops. for an objective assessment by the IAEA of the situation around the ZNPP
