The Ukrainian state nuclear energy company Energoatom announced the closure of one of the reactors of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant due to bombing, a group of the International Atomic Energy Agency inspected the station and assessed the physical damage to its facilities.

Since morning, the Russian and Ukrainian authorities have been accusing each other of bombing the road leading to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that “Ukrainian shells fell 400 meters from the first power unit of the Zaporizhzhya NPP,” indicating that “Ukrainian shelling has been going on since morning along the road along which the IAEA delegation was traveling to the Zaporozhye plant.”

In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry noted that “the situation in the area of ​​the Zaporozhye NPP is difficult, but remains under our full control.”

On the other hand, the head of the presidential administration of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, stressed that “Russian forces have set their sights on the path that the IAEA delegation took in Energodar to blame us.”

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also considered that “Russia is violating its obligations by bombing the corridor of the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye plant”, noting that “Russia must immediately stop these dangerous provocations and allow the passage of the IAEA mission.”

Yesterday, the agency’s director general, Rafael Grossi, announced that an agency inspection team was heading to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which has been bombed in recent weeks.

“We are finally moving after an effort that lasted several months. The International Atomic Energy Agency is moving inside the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe,” Grossi told reporters in Kyiv before leaving.