"Everything is predictable." Russia deliberately fired the corridors that the mission of the IAEA should get to the Podolyak
According to him, the position of Ukraine is unchanged: access only through the controlled territory of Ukraine, demilitarization of NPPs, immediate withdrawal of Russian troops, at the station - only Ukrainian staff. Video of the day according to CNN, a team of 14 UN nuclear service experts arrived in Kiev before a scheduled visit to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant occupied by Russia.
As reported on the eve of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the mission to the ZPP is headed by the head of the IAEA Rafael Grosssey. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the IAEA will start a visit to the Zaporozhye NPP on August 31. The mission will last 4 days. According to the newspaper, the IAEA delegation can be delayed to the ZPP parts, radiation control devices and other necessary materials.
The visit of the IAEA mission, the main international organization in the field of nuclear energy, began to be discussed in early August, when the provocations of the Russian Federation with shelling of the NPP increased. The United Nations declared its readiness to assist the visit of the IAEA inspectors to Zaporozhye from Kiev, but Russia insisted that the mission should not go through Kyiv.
Finally, on August 19, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in a conversation with French President Emanuel Macron promised to allow the UN mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP "under those conditions that were discussed. " On August 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a conversation with the Foreign Minister of France confirmed the consent of the Russian Federation for the MAEA mission to the ZPP.
On August 26, it became known that the IAEA prepares an emergency visit to the NPP for the next week. CEO Rafael Grosssey said he would head the mission. Prior to that, he negotiated with Ukrainian diplomats in Vienna, Russian officials and Rosatom representatives in Istanbul and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss cooking.
"The presence of the IAEA will help stabilize the situation with nuclear security on the site and reduce the risk of a serious nuclear accident in Europe," Grossi said. Russian nuclear terrorism: What is happening at the occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP? Russian invaders seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe at the beginning of a full -scale war, March 4. Station workers were hostage. The station is located in the Russian military, as well as Rosatom employees.
Russian invaders were placed on military equipment, in particular in the machine hall of the first power unit. In addition, the occupiers have arranged firing positions for the ZPP and fired from there Ukrainian cities. The Kremlin uses the Zaporozhye NPP as a "nuclear shield" to cover its military equipment, since the Armed Forces cannot open fire in response in the power plant, as well as for pressure on Ukraine and the world, threatening a nuclear disaster.
The situation at the ZPP has been in the spotlight since the beginning of August, when the Russian military began to fire regularly. Against this background, Ukraine called on the UN to send a mission of the IAEA as soon as possible and to install a demilitarized area in the territory of the NPP. Russia also accuses Ukraine of shelling and rejects calls for the demilitarization of the nuclear power plant, on the pretext that it allegedly "protects" the NPP from provocations.
In fact, Russia is trying to get full control over it. On August 19, Energoatom reported that Russia is preparing to disconnect the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the power system of Ukraine in the near future. The Russian soldiers, including, break the power lines that connect the ZPP with the energy system of Ukraine, covering themselves with the fact that it is allegedly doing the Armed Forces.
This creates a risk of nuclear accident, because without power, the pumps that cool the nuclear reactors will be impossible without power. To prevent catastrophe, Russians propose to switch the station to the power grid, which will bind it to the occupied Crimea. On August 25, for the first time in history, a complete shutdown of the NPPs from the power grid.