Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning on Saturday about a serious threat to Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
. Last month, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive aimed at reclaiming occupied territory in the Zaporizhzhia region, with authorities warning about a potential Russian attack at the facility."We know for sure that this was considered by the Russian Federation as one of the plans, so that later, when the station is handed over to us, to detonate it remotely for the release, and this is also very dangerous," Zelensky said, according to The Kyiv Independent.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday. Zelensky on Saturday warned that Russia could remotely detonate the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after handing it over to Ukraine.He urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to"thoroughly" inspect the power plant ifZelensky's warning comes amid increased concerns about the ZNPP.
"We take all such reports very seriously and I have instructed our experts at the site to look into this matter and request the access they need for doing their job. Until now they have not observed any mines or other explosives. Further access will still be needed," IAEA's Director General Rafael Grossi said on the IAEA's website on Friday.
The IAEA has found"no visible indications of mines or other explosives" at the Zaporizhzhia plant, but experts still need"additional access to carry out further such checks at the site," according to a statement the organization sent to
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