UNSC. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 7 At a meeting of the UN Security Council, the United States supported Kyiv's position on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, blaming the crisis around the plant on the Russian side. Russia accuses Ukrainian troops of systematic shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and regrets that the IAEA in his report on the results of the trip to the station did not indicate the source of the fire. The Russian side convened a meeting of the UN Security Council following the visit of an international agency mission to the station. The IAEA had the opportunity to make sure that the military of Kyiv poses the only threat to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, there is no internal threat to the plant, Vasyl Nebenzya, the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the organization, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. The nuclear power plant, which has been operating under the protection of the Russian military since March, also demanded that the station be handed over to the Ukrainian authorities. «The continued Russian military presence in the area continues to expose the plant and the entire region to serious danger. We again call on Russia to stop all military operations at Ukrainian nuclear facilities and around them, return full control over them to Ukraine,» Delaurentis said. The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near the city of Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity — the plant has six power units with a capacity of 1 gigawatt each. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that this step was justified in order to prevent leakage of nuclear and radioactive materials. about ZNPP safety
