the IAEA considers that it is “urgent to take measures” to protect the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia

Cover image: The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry published this photo on September 2, 2022 showing artillery debris at the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of bombing the surroundings of the plant. PA

  • The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declared itself, in a report published Tuesday after its on-site inspection, in favor of the establishment of a “safe area” to prevent a nuclear accident at the Central Ukrainian Zaporizhiaoccupied for six months by the Russians, and where it judges the situation “untenable” due to the bombings.
  • Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, welcomed the fact that the report mentions the presence of Russian military equipment inside the plant. For its part, Russian Ambassador to the UN regretted, during a meeting of the Security Council, that the IAEA report does not point to the responsibility of Ukraine, which Moscow accuses of bombing the plant.
  • In the region of Dnipropetrovsk (center), in Kryvy Rih, the birthplace of President Zelensky, a “Major Fire” occurred on Monday in an oil depot following a Russian attack, informed its governor Valentyn Reznitchenko.
  • In the Southeast, the head of the administration installed by the Russians in the port of Berdyansk was seriously injured when his car was blown up by “Ukrainian terrorists”according to local authorities.
  • In Russia, the Russian President, Vladimir Poutine, went to attend, on Tuesday, in the Far East the large-scale military maneuvers carried out with several countries including China. The same day, the US Pentagon accused Russia of buying munitions from North Korea, in possible violation of UN resolutions, which it is unable to produce in sufficient quantities.

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