Zakharova hopes that the IAEA will be able to objectively assess the situation in the ZNPP

MOSCOW, September 8 – RIA Novosti. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she hopes Moscow’s visit to the Zaporizhia NPP and the constant presence of two experts at the facility will allow the agency to objectively assess the situation at the facility.

“We expect that the constant presence of two agency inspectors at the station alongside this visit will now allow the IAEA to objectively assess the situation at the facility. We are ready to provide the necessary assistance in this regard,” said Zakharova. said. at a briefing.

At the same time, he said the IAEA’s report on the ZNPP inspection “doesn’t show those who committed criminal acts, that is, those who bombed the facility.”

“It is not only us that the Kyiv regime is behind the regular bombardment of the station territory. All the leading Western countries know this, they are promoting these dangerous provocations of the Zelensky regime … They prefer to remain silent about this, defending their next puppet project in every possible way,” – Zakharova added it.

On Tuesday, IAEA representatives published a report on the delegation’s work at the ZNPP. Among other things, the organization damaged a special unit for the storage of radioactive waste and fresh nuclear fuel. Agency officials have called for an end to bombardment of the station and its surroundings, as it could damage critical equipment and release radioactive materials indefinitely. In connection with the security threat, it is proposed to establish a nuclear safety zone around the nuclear power plant.

Russia accuses Ukrainian troops of systematically bombing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and is upset that the IAEA did not specify the source of the fire in its report on the results of the plant tour. The Russian side called the UN Security Council to a meeting after an international agency delegation visited the station. Russia’s permanent representative of the organization, Vasily Nebenzya, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council, that the IAEA has the opportunity to make sure that there is no internal threat to the plant, since the Kyiv army poses the only threat to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. .