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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Max Hunder

IAEA chief says Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Ukrainian

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi speaks to the media after a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog described the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as Ukrainian on Thursday, challenging President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the plant is now part of Russia.

Putin ordered his government on Wednesday to take control of the plant, which was seized by Russian forces in March, but the head of Ukraine's state nuclear energy company said the same day that he was taking charge of it.

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