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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Tom Balmforth

IAEA mission determined to reach Ukrainian nuclear plant despite delays -spokesperson

FILE PHOTO: Members of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission take pictures near by UN vehicles at hotel as they depart for visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine August 31, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukraine said a UN team on its way to inspect the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Thursday was stuck at a checkpoint about 20 km (12.4 miles) from the front line after reports of fresh shelling earlier in the day.

The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, remained determined to reach Europe's largest nuclear power plant on Thursday despite hours of delays, a spokesperson told Reuters.

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