IAEA mission enters grey zone, moving towards Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
IRYNA BALACHUK – THURSDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER, 13:24
The IAEA mission, which is heading for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), has entered the "grey zone" near Enerhodar.
Source: Interfax-Ukraine news agency
Details: According to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, IAEA representatives could hear small arms being fired by Russian occupying troops as the group passed by.
Earlier, IAEA representatives stood at a checkpoint in Novooleksandrivka for several hours, waiting for permission from the security service to proceed further.
Previously:
The IAEA mission, en route from Zaporizhzhia to the ZNPP, was stopped at a checkpoint in Novooleksandrivka, approximately 20 km from the front line.
Background:
- On the morning of 1 September, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission set off from the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia and headed for the nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled town of Enerhodar, despite reports of intense shelling in the area.
- Energoatom reported that operating unit 5 at ZNPP has been automatically shut down due to Russian attacks.
- The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that the actions of the Russian army endangered the work of the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is heading for the occupied ZNPP.
- Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Halushchenko says that Russian occupiers may prevent the IAEA mission from visiting key facilities that need to be inspected on the territory of the occupied ZNPP.
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