In anticipation of visit by IAEA expert mission to ZNPP, Russian troops removed their military equipment from station – Ukrainian General Staff

OLENA ROSHCHINA – FRIDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2022, 18:26

The Russian military has removed its military equipment from the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, situated in Enerhodar, right before a visit by IAEA experts.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operational information as of 18:00 on Friday, 2 September

Quote: "In anticipation of the arrival of the IAEA expert mission, the Russian occupying forces removed all of their military equipment from the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. An estimated 100 units have been relocated to the Atom Energomash plant, while the rest were dispersed among the nearest settlements."

Background: The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was supposed to arrive at the Zaporizhzhia NPP on 31 August, but managed to get there only on 1 September.

It took quite some time for the expert mission to get to the ZNPP, the Russians did not provide the experts with special passes, fourteen members of the mission managed to arrive at the occupied station only on 1 September, they spent 2.5 hours there, after which only 5 representatives of the mission remained at the nuclear power plant.

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that the IAEA team will maintain its presence at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that despite the agreement with Raphael Grossi, the expert mission arrived at the Zaporizhzhia NPP without independent journalists. It has not yet been possible to agree on the demilitarisation of the ZNPP.

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