Go to the media bankZaporozhye NPP in Energodar. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 3Crimean Senator Sergei Tsekov, in an interview with RIA Novosti, positively assessed the fact that the IAEA representatives were permanently at the Zaporozhye NPP and expressed hope for the objectivity of the mission. Earlier, the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, said that the buildings of the Zaporozhye NPP were damaged as a result of shelling. According to him, the agency intends to form a permanent mission at the station. «We are well aware that our nuclear power plant is under control, and the armed forces of Ukraine have been shelling it for many weeks. I hope that IAEA representatives will assess the situation with an open mind, in case of ongoing shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will be given an objective assessment, and then the world community will seriously influence Ukraine so that they stop the shelling,» the politician said. According to the senator, it is quite simple to influence Kyiv — the EU should stop helping him. «And he will immediately stop attacking the nuclear power plant,» the parliamentarian said.Special operation, September 2: IAEA mission works at Zaporizhzhya NPP, air defense shot down HARMTsekov positively assessed the fact that IAEA representatives were permanently at the NPP. «That's good, I hope they will be objective,» he added. At the same time, the politician noted that the OSCE representatives in the conflict in Donbas acted biased, in principle, they were on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The senator also expressed hope that the The IAEA «has enough will and opportunity to insist that the shelling of nuclear power plants cease.» According to Tsekov, the agency should understand that a nuclear catastrophe will affect not only those who work at the ZNPP or residents of nearby territories, “it will affect the whole of Europe.” Among other things, the senator added, while at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, representatives of the agency will see that the statements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that weapons and equipment of the Russian Federation are allegedly stored at the station do not correspond to reality. «They will quickly make sure that this is not true,» Tsekov concluded.
