The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow was “ready to take concrete measures and enter into a dialogue on the exchange of prisoners with Washington,” noting that “Moscow is trying its best to introduce IAEA inspectors to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, but the West is preventing this.” .

Russia and Ukraine exchange accusations over the bombing of nuclear power plants, while Moscow blames the international community for taking responsibility and warning of a nuclear catastrophe. For his part, the press secretary of the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, explained that “the delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency has not yet visited the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine for security reasons”, noting that “this is a very serious issue, the devil is lying.” Detailed.

On the other hand, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov appeared in a July 29 telephone conversation mainly aimed at discussing the exchange of prisoners between the two countries.