Russia is ready to participate in the organization of the visit of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (AIEA) to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna informed yesterday by telegram Mikhail Ulyanov with Interfax reports. In the meantime, however, the employees of the plant continue to work with the weapons of Russian soldiers, in chronic fear of a nuclear catastrophe and in a permanent stressful situation: This is what the BBC writes in an article published today about the exchange of allegations between Kyiv and Moscow about the attacks on the largest plant in Europe . And former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has accused the Ukrainians of attacking the power plant. On his Telegram channel, Medvedev, currently Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council, said that “missiles and artillery shells (Ukrainians) are falling ever closer to the reactors of the reactor plant and to the storage sites of radioactive isotopes”. The allegations that Russian forces are bombing near the plant are “100 percent nonsense,” said the former president, “not even the UN believes that.” “These parts of … in Kyiv and their Western backers seem poised to create another Chernobyl,” he writes. And while he attacks Zelenskyy by saying that in his opinion in the future of the Ukrainian president there will be “either a court or more supporting roles in comedy shows,” as Tass agency reports, Zelensky, spoke to Pope Bergoglio. “I kept him updated on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine – he writes on Twitter – about their terrible crimes. I am grateful to the Pope for his prayers for Ukraine the atrocities committed by the attacker in Ukraine”.
He is also joined by the Embassy of Ukraine. “It was the third telephone conversation between Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the beginning of the war. Thanks for the prayers and humanitarian support, Ukraine reaffirms: The Ukrainian state and society will be happy to greet the Holy Father. The papal touch of the suffering country can help end the war and bring about peace,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the Holy See Andrii Yurash said on Twitter.
“During today’s session of the United Nations Security Council (yesterday, editor’s note), IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi explained in detail why an international mission visit to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is urgently needed. Russia immediately confirmed its readiness to help organize this mission,” Ulyanov wrote.
Filo Russians, Kyiv bomb 10 meters from Zaporizhia depot
An artillery shell fired by Ukrainian forces arrived just ten meters from a spent nuclear fuel at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia power plant in southern Ukraine. This was stated by Vladimir Rogov, a member of the civil-military authority of the part of the region occupied by the Moscow Armed Forces. According to Rogov, speaking on Rossiya-24 TV filmed by Tass, the incident happened yesterday.
“The facility in Zaporizhia must not be used as part of a military operation. I support the call for the demilitarization of the area, starting with the complete withdrawal of Russian forces, and call on the IAEA (the UN Atomic Energy Agency, ed.) to visit Russia immediately and give full control to their rightful sovereign owner, Ukraine, must return. The other EU foreign policy representative, Josep Borrell, wrote on Twitter.