Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) denounced “reckless attacks” against the Ukraine nuclear power plant. “We are getting dangerously close to a nuclear accident” in Zaporizhia, Grossi warned on Monday.
The ZNPP, occupied since March 2022 by Russia in southern Ukraine, suffered a series of drone attacks from April 7, with Moscow and kyiv mutually blaming each other for responsibility. Even if the plant's six reactors are shut down, "the potential dangers of a major nuclear accident remain very real," said Grossi in a UN Security Council meeting dedicated to this issue. He also called for “a roll of the dice not to decide what will happen tomorrow” on the issue of Ukraine’s nuclear security and safety, adding that “we cannot stand by and do nothing while waiting for a final weight to tip the balance into an unstable balance�” and “two years of war weigh heavily”