The Russian Foreign Ministry accused the UN Secretariat of “refusing to see reality” while the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was bombed in Ukraine.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “the statements published in the media by the press secretary of the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, about the difficult situation at the Zaporozhye NPP do not correspond to reality.” not to mention the source of the threats,” given that “the Ukrainian side is doing everything possible to disrupt the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Zaporozhye NPP.”

Dujarric, in his statements, stated that “the UN is ready to facilitate the visit of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporozhye NPP through Kyiv, if Moscow and the Ukrainian authorities agree to this.”

Russian and Ukrainian authorities have been trading accusations over the bombing of Zaporozhye, located in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Energodar, and International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi warned of the dangers of the recent bombing of the station.