ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: The UN nuclear agency chief said his experts were 'not going anywhere' on Thursday (Sep 1), after they crossed the front to Russian-held territory in Ukraine to reach Europe's biggest atomic power plant, where both sides warn of potential catastrophe. An IAEA inspection team
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: The UN nuclear agency chief said his experts were"not going anywhere" on Thursday , after they crossed the front to Russian-held territory in Ukraine to reach Europe's biggest atomic power plant, where both sides warn of potential catastrophe.to reach the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, arriving after a delay of several hours in a large convoy with a heavy presence of Russian soldiers nearby.
Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of creating a risk of atomic catastrophe by shelling the plant, where the situation has been unravelling in recent weeks. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was doing everything to ensure that the plant could operate safely, and for the IAEA inspectors to be able to complete their tasks.
"This morning the situation was pretty difficult but as I said, having come this far, I was not going to stop, and with my courageous team we moved in," Grossi said. In recent days, Ukraine has launched a major counter-offensive to recapture territory in southern Ukraine, mainly further down the Dnipro in neighbouring Kherson province.
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