International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael GrossiVIENNA, 10 Mar. The situation with the connection with the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants is deteriorating, this is a cause for concern, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. On Thursday, Grossi held meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Ukraine, as well as delegations from both countries in Antalya, Turkey.
The IAEA announced the agreement of Russia and Ukraine to work on nuclear safety «There is a communication problem. The systems are based on a circuit designed to operate normally, when the antennas function when there is electricity. At the moment, all this is at risk. We now have a real in fact, a deteriorating situation that causes concern, as we are gradually losing a significant amount of information,» Grossi told reporters upon his arrival in Vienna. Earlier, the Ukrainian regulator told the IAEA about problems in communicating with the personnel of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which is currently possible only by e-mail. More than 200 technical personnel and security guards of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant have not yet been replaced since February 23. Later, the IAEA director general said that there were problems with remote data transmission from the safeguards monitoring system installed at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Russia 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 Kiev 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. over the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants and adjacent territories.
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During the special operation, the Russian armed forces established control over the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants and the territories adjacent to them.
This was done to prevent nuclear provocations.
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This was done to prevent nuclear provocations.
Now the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is operating in the usual way, the administration performs its duties, access control operates.
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Now the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is operating in the usual way, the administration is fulfilling its duties, the access control is in effect.
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The radiation background at nuclear power plants is normal and is controlled by specialists of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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Radiation background at nuclear power plants is normal and is controlled by specialists from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Nothing threatens personnel and personnel in terms of radiation.
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Personnel and personnel in terms of radiation nothing threatens.
The Russian military is working with Ukrainian specialists, maintaining constant contact with the IAEA.
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The Russian military is working with Ukrainian specialists, maintaining constant contact with the IAEA.
Russia is doing everything in its power to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities.
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Russia does everything from it to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities.
Russian military personnel on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
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Russian servicemen on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
During the search activities, the Russian Guard soldiers found a large amount of weapons and ammunition at the station.
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During the search activities, the National Guard soldiers found a large amount of weapons and ammunition at the station.
Fire points were equipped, including at power units.
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Fire points were also equipped at power units.
More than 500 weapons of the National Guard of Ukraine were confiscated — machine guns, grenade launchers, machine guns, pistols.
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More than 500 weapons of the National Guard of Ukraine were confiscated — machine guns, grenade launchers, machine guns, pistols.
The coat of arms of Ukraine on the territory Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
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The coat of arms of Ukraine on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
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B During the special operation, the Russian armed forces established control over the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants and the territories adjacent to them.
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This was done to prevent nuclear provocations.
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Now the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is operating in the usual way, the administration is fulfilling its duties, access control is in effect.
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The radiation background at the nuclear power plant is normal and is controlled by specialists of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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Nothing threatens the personnel and personnel in terms of radiation.
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The Russian military is working with Ukrainian specialists, maintaining constant contact with the IAEA.
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Russia is doing everything in its power to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities.
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Russian servicemen on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
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During the search activities, the fighters of the Russian Guard found a large amount of weapons and ammunition at the station.
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The firing points were equipped, including at power units.
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More than 500 weapons of the National Guard of Ukraine — machine guns, grenade launchers, assault rifles, pistols — were confiscated.
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The coat of arms of Ukraine on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
< br>According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. Putin had previously said that attempts to shift responsibility for the incident around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to the Russian military were part of a propaganda campaign. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, on the night of March 4, on the territory adjacent to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, «the Kiev regime made an attempt to implement a monstrous provocation.» At about 2 a.m., during a patrol, a mobile patrol of the National Guard was attacked by a Ukrainian sabotage group — from the windows of several floors of an educational and training complex located outside the power plant, heavy fire from small arms was opened on the National Guard. The firing points of the Ukrainian saboteurs were suppressed by return fire from small arms. Leaving the building, the Ukrainian sabotage group set it on fire, the Russian Defense Ministry said.