IAEA warns against attack on nuclear plant in Russian controlled area in Ukraine – Dainik Savera Times

United Nations: Russia and Ukraine blamed each other before the UN Security Council on Monday for the attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Regarding this, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that this has brought the world dangerously close to a nuclear accident. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said his agency had confirmed three attacks against the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant since April 7.

These reckless attacks must stop immediately, he told the Security Council. However, fortunately, this time they have not caused any radiological incident, but the risks increase considerably… where nuclear safety has already been compromised. Grossi told reporters after the meeting that the remote-controlled nature of the drones that attacked the plant means it is impossible to definitively trace who operated them.

He said that we should have evidence to say something like this. These attacks have been carried out with many drones. The Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant is located in Russian-controlled territory in south-eastern Ukraine and has six nuclear reactors. Ukraine and its allies again blamed Russia for threats at the site on Monday. US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood said at the Security Council meeting initiated by the US and Slovenia that Russia does not care about these risks.

Russia’s UN ambassador, Vasily Nebenzia, said the IAEA report does not identify which party is behind the attacks. We know very well who it is. Nebenzia said that ‘over the past few months, such attacks not only resumed, but also significantly intensified.’ Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kislitsya, held Russia responsible for these attacks and accused ‘ ‘Russia has carried out this planned attack to divert the world’s attention from the attack on its neighboring country.’