Members of International Atomic Energy Agency mission stand by UN vehicles at hotel as they depart for visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 31, 2022.Members of International Atomic Energy Agency mission stand by UN vehicles at hotel as they depart for visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 31, 2022.
“If they draw up a report about violations and give it to Ukraine to fix them, we won’t be able to do that as long as the Russian military is there,” said Ukraine’s energy minister, German Galushchenko. Ukraine repelled Russian attempts to attack in the direction of Bakhmut and Avdiivka, two towns located north of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk, its armed forces’ general staff said on Wednesday.
“If something happens to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, there will be no point in talking about visas, passports or borders,” said Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.For weeks now, Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of endangering the Zaporizhzhia plant’s safety with artillery or drone strikes, risking a Chornobyl-style radiation disaster.