Posted in: 01/09/2022 – 09:11Last updated: 01/09/2022 – 09:23
Energodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov accused Russian forces of bombing the city, where the Zaporizhia nuclear plant is located, with mortars, machine guns and missiles. On the other hand, the Russian army on Thursday accused the Ukrainian forces of sending a team of “saboteurs” to the vicinity of the station, numbering up to sixty people. Despite this, the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, refused to cancel his team’s visit scheduled for Thursday to the station.
Coinciding with an upcoming visit of an International Atomic Energy Agency mission to Zaporizhia nuclear power plantOn Thursday, Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of bombing the city of Energodar, where the station is located.
In this context, the city’s mayor, Dmytro Orlov, wrote from his exile on the Telegram application that “the Russians are launching artillery bombardment on the road that the International Atomic Energy Agency mission is supposed to take towards the Zaporizhia station,” which they occupy, stressing that the delegation cannot “continue its way” towards The station for “security reasons”.
Despite this, IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi quickly confirmed that his team’s visit to the station would be maintained.
On the other hand, the Russian army on Thursday accused the Ukrainian forces of sending a team of “saboteurs” to near the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that, “At about six o’clock (0300 GMT), two groups of Ukrainian army saboteurs, numbering up to sixty people, disembarked from seven boats (…) three kilometers north-east of the Zaporizhia station. nuclear”. The ministry added that it had taken “measures to eliminate the enemy.”
The agency’s team is expected to visit the Zaporizhia station on Thursday, which is the largest in Europe and is under the control of the Russian army, and its site was bombed several times, raising fears of a nuclear disaster.
“We demand that Russia stop its provocations and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency access to this Ukrainian nuclear facility,” Orlov said.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainians accused the Russians, who control Energodar and the station, of bombing the city with the intention of holding the Ukrainian forces responsible.
Moscow and Kiev constantly exchange accusations over the targeting of the Ukrainian nuclear plant Zaporizhia.
FRANCE 24/AFP