Zaporozhye NPP. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 18 Russia expects the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP to take place, despite the fact that the mission has plenty of opponents, Ivan Nechaev, deputy director of the press and information department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said. «We expect that the international IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP, planned back in June, will still take place, we are in constant contact with the leadership of the agency on this issue. As you know, the IAEA Director General is going to visit this plant personally,» Nechaev said at a briefing.
Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a staged catastrophe at the ZNPP, the Ministry of Defense stated»As before, when the practically agreed visit to the Zaporozhye NPP was disrupted due to the intervention of the UN Secretariat and obstacles of the Ukrainian side, there are plenty of opponents for this mission today,» he added, recalling the recent speeches of the official representative of the UN Secretary General. The Zaporozhye NPP is located zhena 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. Six power units are installed at the station. ZNPP has been guarded by the Russian military since March. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasized the justification for the Russian military to take under the protection of the power plant in terms of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials. Ukrainian troops regularly shell Energodar and the ZNPP territory.
