Chernobyl NPPVIENNA, Mar 21 The Ukrainian regulator told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the completion of the rotation of personnel at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said on Monday. rest for the first time since Russian forces took control of the nuclear power plant last month,» Grossi said. According to the Ukrainian regulator, about half of the departing shift of technical personnel left the nuclear power plant yesterday, and the rest left today, with the exception of 13 employees who refused from rotation. Most of the Ukrainian guards also remained in place. 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. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. responsible for attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities
