Hello and welcome to the details of IAEA warns that attacks on Ukraine plant mark new risks in war and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - The Zaporizhzhia plant (ZNPP), which Russia has occupied since March 2022, has been hit by a series of drone attacks since Sunday, with Moscow and Kyiv each accusing the other. — AFP pic
VIENNA, April 12 — The recent attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant “mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war”, the UN atomic agency’s director general said yesterday.
The attacks “marked a major escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers in Ukraine,” Rafael Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in Vienna.
He spoke at an emergency meeting of the 35 members of the Board of Governors, called by both Russia and Ukraine.
The Zaporizhzhia plant (ZNPP), which Russia has occupied since March 2022, has been hit by a series of drone attacks since Sunday, with Moscow and Kyiv each accusing the other.
Advertisement
They were the first attacks since November 2022 on the plant — once the largest nuclear power station in Europe but which now is not in operation.
“There should be no attack of any kind from or against the plant, in particular targeting the reactors, spent fuel storage, other critical infrastructure, or personnel,” Grossi said.
After the three-and-a-half hour meeting broke up, Russian ambassador to the IAEA Mikhail Ulyanov said it was a “useful meeting” and he “hope(d) that today’s discussion will help the Ukrainian side to stop these dangerous actions”.
Advertisement
Ukraine, on the other hand, denounced a “disinformation campaign” by Moscow, saying in a communique from its permanent mission in Vienna that Russia was simulating attacks to “discredit” Ukraine.
The European Union said in its statement to the meeting that “the latest alarming developments... underscore that Russia’s illegal seizure of the plant significantly increases risks to nuclear safety”.
“Russia must unconditionally, immediately and completely withdraw all its forces and military equipment from the ZNPP and the whole territory of Ukraine,” it said.
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the IAEA’s board of governors has adopted four resolutions condemning Russian actions at the plant. — AFP
These were the details of the news IAEA warns that attacks on Ukraine plant mark new risks in war for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
