The Zaporizhia site (ZNPP), occupied since March 2022 by Russia in southern Ukraine, has suffered a series of drone attacks since Sunday. These were “the first since November 2022 to directly target the plant’, the largest in Europe, according to the UN body which has experts on site.
“The strikes must stop”, attacking a nuclear installation “is absolutely not an option,” insisted Rafael Grossi, calling again for “maximum restraint”. At the end of the meeting, which lasted three and a half hours, Russian Ambassador to the IAEA Mikhail Ulyanov said he was "satisfied by the discussion", hoping that it will encourage the Ukrainians "to stop these dangerous actions", almost daily. The European Union considered that these “very worrying” developments were a reminder of ‘the risks posed by Russia’s illegal occupation’ of the site. Moscow “must immediately, unconditionally and completely withdraw all its forces and military equipment,’ the EU insisted.