IAEA representatives to remain at  Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Grossi

This is reported in the Mirror Weekly.

According to Grossi, in a few hours of work at the station, the mission managed to collect "a lot of important information." In addition, he added that he saw "key things" that he wanted to see.

Earlier it became known that the mission aims to conduct an inspection at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Energodar, which was occupied by Russian troops. The IAEA reported about the arrival at nuclear power plant on their Twitter account. Representatives of the agency were met by armed Russian military personnel.

Before the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the IAEA mission was traveling through the "gray zone" in the direction of Energodar in a column of nine vehicles with the inscription "UN". Small arms fire was heard during the mission's passage. Prior to that, the mission spent several hours at a checkpoint in Vasylivka, Zaporizhzhia region, waiting for permission from the security service. According to Rosatom employees, it became known that if the IAEA mission arrives at the nuclear power plant, some of the personnel will not be allowed to enter the station's territory.

Intelligence reported that Rosatom employees at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant were preparing for evacuation to Melitopol. In order to avoid panic among the station employees, the preparation was carried out covertly. The evacuation took place accompanied by Rosgvardiya units, which left Melitopol at 7:00 a.m. in a column in the direction of Energodar.

It is known that Ukraine, which accuses the Russian Federation of firing at the station itself and threatening the security of the entire region, expects that the IAEA visit will be the first step towards de-occupation and demilitarization of the nuclear power plant.

Russia, which instead blames Ukraine for the shelling, expects the mission to be "objective."

• On September 1, a mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) left the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia for a nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled city of Energodar on September 1, despite reports of intense shelling.

• Energoatom reported that as a result of attacks by the Russian army on the nuclear station emergency protection was triggered, and the fifth power unit was turned off. As noted, this is the second time in the last 10 days that the criminal actions of the Russian army led to the shutdown of the unit and the de-energization of the station.