“According to the information provided by Ukraine, there is no direct threat to nuclear safety at the Zaporozhye NPP at the moment, but it is necessary that a mission of experts leave for the plant as soon as possible,” the International Atomic Energy said. The agency has confirmed.

Zaporozhye is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and has been under the control of Russian forces since March last year. Recently, the Russian and Ukrainian sides exchanged accusations of dangerous military actions around the station and shooting at it.

Ukraine said Saturday’s bomb explosion near the spent fuel storage facility at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant caused some damage, but available radiation measurements continue to show normal levels at the site, the agency said. “However, the bombing of the station violated all seven essential pillars of nuclear security established by the IAEA Director General at the start of the conflict,” she said.

In turn, the Director General of the Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, noted that “the incident on Saturday evening demonstrated how the conflict also damaged the pillars of nuclear safety related to emergency preparedness and response, as well as communications,” and reiterated of his “serious concern about the situation at the plant and that any military action that threatens nuclear safety must be stopped”, and reiterated “the need to send a mission of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the plant as soon as possible, to help stabilize the nuclear security situation.”

For her part, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the world is “walking along the edge of the abyss” in the light of the situation related to Kyiv’s strikes on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.