Only after de-occupation: Energoatom on Grossi's intention to appeal to UN Security Council regarding safety zone around Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Energoatom reported about this on Telegram.

“The creation of a safe zone around the Zaporizhzhia NPP is possible only after its de-occupation, withdrawal from the station and the adjacent territory, as well as the satellite city of the Zaporizhzhia NPP - Energodar, of all Russian military personnel together with equipment and weapons, as well as the transfer of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to its legal operator - NAEK Energoatom under the full control of Ukraine,” the press service emphasized.

• The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine is preparing a decision to protect the specialists of the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, who work in extreme conditions.

• Earlier, Ukraine’s Energoatom stated that the Russian forces are forming lists of workers at the Zaporizhzhia NPP who have signed contracts with Rosatom in order to mobilize some of them to serve in the Russian army or the Territorial Defense Forces. 

• The Russian forces put physical and moral pressure on the Zaporizhzhia NPP workers to sign contracts with Rosatom.

• Rafael Grossi said that he will discuss the creation of a safe zone around the Zaporizhzhia NPP in the UN Security Council. The head of the IAEA plans to speak on October 27.